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Is hardly a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hardly is a Scrabble US word. The word hardly is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is hardly a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hardly is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

H4A1R1D2L1Y4

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Yes. The word hardly is a Words With Friends word. The word hardly is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (1 found)

HARDLY,

5-letter words (4 found)

HARDY,HYDRA,LARDY,LYARD,

4-letter words (14 found)

ADRY,ARYL,DAHL,DHAL,DRAY,HARD,HARL,HYLA,LADY,LARD,LYRA,RYAL,YALD,YARD,

3-letter words (20 found)

ARD,ARY,DAH,DAL,DAY,DRY,HAD,HAY,LAD,LAH,LAR,LAY,RAD,RAH,RAY,RHY,RYA,YAD,YAH,YAR,

2-letter words (9 found)

AD,AH,AL,AR,AY,DA,HA,LA,YA,

You can make 48 words from hardly according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of hardly

hardly

Etymology

From Middle English hardely, hardliche, from Old English heardlīċe (“boldly; hardily; without ease; in a way that causes pain; not easily; only by degrees”), equivalent to hard +‎ -ly. Compare Dutch hardelijk, German härtlich.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːdli/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹdli/

Adverb

hardly (comparative hardlier or more hardly, superlative hardliest or most hardly)

  1. (degree) Barely, only just, almost not.
  2. Certainly not; not at all.
  3. (now rare) With difficulty.
    • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.234:
      And what gentle flame soever doth warme the heart of young virgins, yet are they hardly drawne to leave and forgoe their mothers, to betake them to their husbands […].
  4. (manner, archaic) Harshly, severely; in a hard manner.
  5. (manner, obsolete) Firmly, vigorously, with strength or exertion.
    • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.148:
      Let him hardly be possest with an honest curiositie to search out the nature and causes of all things […].

Usage notes

  • In the modern sense "barely", it occurs before the verb, and is grammatically a negative word. It therefore collocates with ever rather than never.
    • Compare example sentence with I almost never watch television
    • Because of the anomalous sense of this word, expressions such as "hardly working" have an opposite meaning to what the etymology ("hard" + "-ly") would suggest. "Working hard" suggests that considerable work is being done, whereas "hardly working" suggests that very little work is being done.

Synonyms

  • (barely, almost not or not quite): barely, just, only just, scarcely

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Interjection

hardly

  1. Not really.
    I think the Beatles are a really overrated band. ― Hardly!

References

  • “hardly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Source: wiktionary.org