hard: meaning and words from its letters
4 letters · 8 letter points · starts with H · ends with D
Meaning of hard
adj
Solid and firm.
Solid and firm. Resistant to pressure; difficult to break, cut, or penetrate.
Example: This bread is so stale and hard, I can barely cut it.
Solid and firm. Strong.
Solid and firm. Containing alcohol.
Example: hard cider, hard lemonade, hard seltzer, hard soda
Listed forms: harder, hardest.
Source: Wiktionary — hard.
adv
With much force or effort.
Example: He hit the puck hard up the ice.
With difficulty.
Example: His degree was hard earned.
Compactly.
Example: The lake had finally frozen hard.
- obsolete
So as to raise difficulties.
Listed forms: harder, hardest.
Source: Wiktionary — hard.
noun
- countable
A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
- countable
A tyre whose compound is softer than superhards, and harder than mediums.
- slang, uncountable
Crack cocaine.
- slang, uncountable
Hard labor.
Example: The prisoners were sentenced to three years' hard.
Listed forms: hards.
Source: Wiktionary — hard.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for hard.
adjective
not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
adjective
very strong or vigorous
adjective
characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort
adjective
produced without vibration of the vocal cords
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is hard in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of hard
H(4) + A(1) + R(1) + D(2) = 8 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of hard
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from hard
8 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in hard. Showing up to 24, longest first.