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HARDNESS

8 letters, 12 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What HARDNESS Means

  1. noun: the property of being rigid and resistant to pressure; not easily scratched; measured on Mohs scale
  2. noun: a quality of water that contains dissolved mineral salts that prevent soap from lathering“the costs of reducing hardness depend on the relative amounts of calcium and magnesium compounds that are present”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

HARDNESS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as H4 A1 R1 D2 N1 E1 S1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In HARDNESS

275 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.

7 letter words (8)

6 letter words (31)

5 letter words (74)

4 letter words (87)

3 letter words (55)

2 letter words (20)

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