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Is hardy a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word hardy is a Scrabble US word. The word hardy is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

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Is hardy a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word hardy is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

H4A1R1D2Y4

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5-letter words (2 found)

HARDY,HYDRA,

4-letter words (4 found)

ADRY,DRAY,HARD,YARD,

3-letter words (15 found)

ARD,ARY,DAH,DAY,DRY,HAD,HAY,RAD,RAH,RAY,RHY,RYA,YAD,YAH,YAR,

2-letter words (7 found)

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

You can make 28 words from hardy according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of hardy

hardy ahrdy hrady rhady arhdy rahdy hadry ahdry hdary dhary adhry dahry hrday rhday hdray dhray rdhay drhay ardhy radhy adrhy darhy rdahy drahy haryd ahryd hrayd rhayd arhyd rahyd hayrd ahyrd hyard yhard ayhrd yahrd hryad rhyad hyrad yhrad ryhad yrhad aryhd rayhd ayrhd yarhd ryahd yrahd hadyr ahdyr hdayr dhayr adhyr dahyr haydr ahydr hyadr yhadr ayhdr yahdr hdyar dhyar hydar yhdar dyhar ydhar adyhr dayhr aydhr yadhr dyahr ydahr hrdya rhdya hdrya dhrya rdhya drhya hryda rhyda hyrda yhrda ryhda yrhda hdyra dhyra hydra yhdra dyhra ydhra rdyha dryha rydha yrdha dyrha ydrha ardyh radyh adryh daryh rdayh drayh arydh raydh ayrdh yardh ryadh yradh adyrh dayrh aydrh yadrh dyarh ydarh rdyah dryah rydah yrdah dyrah ydrah

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Definitions and meaning of hardy

hardy

Etymology

From Middle English hardy, hardi, from Old French hardi (hardy, daring, stout, bold).

Old French hardi is usually regarded as the past participle of hardir ("to harden, be bold, make bold"; compare Occitan ardir, Italian ardire), from Frankish *hardijan; but it may also have come directly from Frankish *hardi, a secondary form of Frankish *hard (compare Old High German harti, herti, secondary forms of Old High German hart (hard)); or even yet from Frankish *hardig (compare Middle Low German herdich (persevering), Old Danish hærdig, Norwegian herdig, Swedish härdig (vigorous, courageous)).

Cognate with hard. May have at some point also been surface analysed as hard + -y.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹdi/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑːdi/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)di

Adjective

hardy (comparative hardier, superlative hardiest)

  1. Having rugged physical strength; inured to fatigue or hardships.
    Synonyms: hearty, robust, rugged, strong
  2. (botany) Able to survive adverse growing conditions.
    Synonyms: hearty, robust, rugged, strong
  3. Brave and resolute.
  4. Impudent.

Derived terms

Related terms

  • foolhardy

Translations

Noun

hardy (plural hardies)

  1. (usually in the plural) Anything, especially a plant, that is hardy.
  2. A blacksmith's fuller or chisel, having a square shank for insertion into a square hole in an anvil.
  3. hardy hole

References

Anagrams

  • Hydra, hydra

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French hardi.

Adjective

hardy m (feminine singular hardye, masculine plural hardys, feminine plural hardyes)

  1. hardy (having rugged physical strength)

Descendants

  • French: hardi

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Czech hrdý. Displaced and doublet of gardy, an inherited form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxar.dɨ/
  • Rhymes: -ardɨ
  • Syllabification: har‧dy

Adjective

hardy (comparative bardziej hardy, superlative najbardziej hardy, derived adverb hardo)

  1. haughty, supercilious, arrogant
    Synonyms: butny, dumny

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Kashubian: hardy

Further reading

  • hardy in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hardy in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • Wanda Decyk-Zięba, editor (2018-2022), “hardy”, in Dydaktyczny Słownik Etymologiczno-historyczny Języka Polskiego [A Didactic, Historical, Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), →ISBN

Source: wiktionary.org