Scrabble and Words with Friends

• HARD is a valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• HARD is a valid Words with Friends word worth 7 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• HARD is a 4 letter word containing the letters a, d, h, r.

Definitions

• hard

  adjective not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
  why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?

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• hard

  adjective dispassionate
  took a hard look
  a hard bargainer

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• hard

  adjective resisting weight or pressure

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• hard

  adjective produced without vibration of the vocal cords

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• hard

  adjective (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

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• hard

  adjective (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum
  Russian distinguished between hard consonants and palatalized or soft consonants

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• hard

  adverb with effort or force or vigor
  the team played hard
  worked hard all day
  pressed hard on the lever
  hit the ball hard
  slammed the door hard

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• hard

  adverb with firmness
  held hard to the railing

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• hard

  adverb earnestly or intently
  thought hard about it
  stared hard at the accused

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• hard

  adverb causing great damage or hardship
  industries hit hard by the depression

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• hard

  adverb slowly and with difficulty
  prejudices die hard
  he was so dizzy he could hardly stand up straight

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• hard

  adverb indulging excessively

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• hard

  adverb into a solid condition
  concrete that sets hard within a few hours

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• hard

  adverb very near or close in space or time
  it stands hard by the railroad tracks
  they were hard on his heels
  a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening

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• hard

  adverb with pain or distress or bitterness
  he took the rejection very hard

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• hard

  adverb to the full extent possible; all the way
  hard alee
  the ship went hard astern
  swung the wheel hard left

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• hard

  adjective satellite very strong or vigorous
  a hard left to the chin

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• hard

  adjective satellite characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
  hard labor

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• hard

  adjective satellite given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors
  a hard drinker

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• hard

  adjective satellite being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content
  hard liquor

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• hard

  adjective satellite unfortunate or hard to bear
  had hard luck

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• hard

  adjective satellite dried out
  hard dry rolls left over from the day before

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• Lookup HARD using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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Words that sound like 'hard'

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