Is HARDINESSES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, HARDINESSES is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 15 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does HARDINESSES mean?
Hardinesses is a form of HARDINESS.
- noun
the property of being strong and healthy in constitution
- noun
the trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger
“the proposal required great boldness”
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
15
Scrabble
15
Words With Friends
11
Letters
H (4) + A (1) + R (1) + D (2) + I (1) + N (1) + E (1) + S (1) + S (1) + E (1) + S (1) = 15 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for HARDINESSES
HARDINESSES has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Words you can make from HARDINESSES
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- hardnesses14
- hardiness13
- harnessed13
- headiness13
- shadiness13
- harnesses12
- airsheds12
- danishes12
- dasheens12
- endashes12
- handsier12
- hardness12
- radishes12
- reshined12
- shandies12
- aridnesses11
- ashiness11
- hessians11
- rashness11
- reshines11
- adheres11
- airshed11
- dasheen11
- dashers11
- dashier11
- deashes11
- dehairs11
- handers11
- handier11
- hardens11
- hardies11
- headers11
- headier11
- hearsed11
- hinders11
- inhered11
- nerdish11
- sandhis11
- shaders11
- shadier11
- shairds11
- sheared11
- shrined11
- arsenides10
- nearsides10
- readiness10
- arshins10
- harness10
- hearses10
- heiress10
- henries10
- herniae10
- hernias10
- hessian10
- hissers10
- inheres10
- nearish10
- reshine10
- shairns10
- shenais10
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