34 words come out when you unscramble HARDS, starting with HARDS itself: 9 in Scrabble, 8 in Words With Friends. 1 anagram of HARDS is on the page: SHARD, each 9 points. Among the shorter answers, 5 reach 8 points, HARD, DASH and SHAD among them. The 5 letters split into 1 vowel and 4 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from HARDS by length: 2 with 5 letters, 10 with 4, 15 with 3 and 7 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of HARDS, with one letter different:
More 5-letter words: starting with HA · ending in DS · all 5-letter words
HARDS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HARDS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARDS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 34) | 29 | 34 | 26 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 5 of them: HADS, RAHS, ARDS, ARD and SAR. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: AHS, DAS and DA.
These 12 words take every letter of HARDS plus a single extra one.