Unscramble HARSHNESS to get 169 words. HARSHNESS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
H43A1R1S1H43N12E1S1S1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from HARSHNESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 6 with 7, 13 with 6, 36 with 5, 53 with 4, 42 with 3 and 16 with 2.
HARSH, SHAHS and SHASH are the top 5-letter words from HARSHNESS, 11 points each. SHARE, SEARS and ASSES will look familiar.
Of the 53 4-letter words made with HARSHNESS letters, 4 score 10 points, the group's best. NEAR, HEAR and EARN are the ones most people know.
HAH, HEH and SHH are the top 3-letter words you get when you unscramble HARSHNESS, 9 points each. ARE, HAS and ASS will look familiar.
Keep every letter of HARSHNESS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with HA · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
HARSHNESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept HARSHNESS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARSHNESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 169) | 128 | 169 | 122 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 41 of them: HARSHES, SHASHES, SHASH, HASSES, HARNS, SHANS, HARN, HASS, NESH, RAHS, REHS, SHAN and 29 more. Words With Friends* skips 6 of them: SESH, SHEN, AHS, NAES, NARE and SAN.