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HARSH

5 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 1 vowel

What HARSH Means

  1. adjective: unpleasantly stern“wild and harsh country full of hot sand and cactus”
  2. adjective: unpleasantly rough or jarring to the senses“the harsh cry of a blue jay”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HARSH is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 A1 R1 S1 H4.

Words Made From The Letters In HARSH

20 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

4 letter words (5)

3 letter words (10)

2 letter words (5)

Longer Words Containing HARSH

HARSH appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.

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