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Is harness a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word harness is a Scrabble US word. The word harness is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

H4A1R1N1E1S1S1

Is harness a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word harness is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

H4A1R1N1E1S1S1

Is harness a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word harness is a Words With Friends word. The word harness is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3A1R1N2E1S1S1

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7-letter words (1 found)

HARNESS,

6-letter words (7 found)

HANSES,RASHES,SARSEN,SHARES,SHARNS,SHEARS,SNARES,

5-letter words (30 found)

ARSES,ASHEN,ASHES,EARNS,HANSE,HARES,HARNS,HEARS,HERNS,NARES,NEARS,RASES,RASSE,REANS,RHEAS,SANER,SANES,SASER,SEANS,SEARS,SENAS,SENSA,SHANS,SHARE,SHARN,SHEAR,SHEAS,SNARE,SNARS,SNASH,

4-letter words (47 found)

ANES,ARES,ARSE,EANS,EARN,EARS,ERAS,ERNS,HAEN,HAES,HARE,HARN,HASS,HEAR,HENS,HERN,HERS,NAES,NARE,NEAR,NESH,NESS,RAHS,RASE,RASH,REAN,REHS,RENS,RESH,RHEA,SANE,SANS,SARS,SASH,SEAN,SEAR,SEAS,SENA,SENS,SERA,SERS,SESH,SHAN,SHEA,SHEN,SHES,SNAR,

3-letter words (39 found)

AHS,ANE,ANS,ARE,ARS,ASH,ASS,EAN,EAR,EAS,EHS,ENS,ERA,ERN,ERS,ESS,HAE,HAN,HAS,HEN,HER,HES,NAE,NAH,NAS,RAH,RAN,RAS,REH,REN,RES,SAE,SAN,SAR,SEA,SEN,SER,SHA,SHE,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AH,AN,AR,AS,EA,EH,EN,ER,ES,HA,HE,NA,NE,RE,SH,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 141 words from harness according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of harness

harness

Etymology

From Middle English harneys, harnes, harneis, harnais, herneis, from Anglo-Norman harneis and Old French hernois (“equipment used in battle”), believed to be from Old Norse *hernest, from herr (“army”) + nest (“provisions”) (from Proto-Germanic *nesaną (“to heal, recover”)). More at harry.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɑː.nəs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑɹ.nəs/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhaː.nəs/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)nəs

Noun

harness (countable and uncountable, plural harnesses)

  1. (countable) A restraint or support, especially one consisting of a loop or network of rope or straps, and especially one worn by a working animal such as a horse pulling a carriage or farm implement.
  2. (countable) A collection of wires or cables bundled and routed according to their function.
  3. (dated, uncountable) The complete dress, especially in a military sense, of a man or a horse; armour in general.
  4. The part of a loom comprising the heddles, with their means of support and motion, by which the threads of the warp are alternately raised and depressed for the passage of the shuttle.
  5. Equipment for any kind of labour.

Alternative forms

  • harnass (rare, archaic)

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Verb

harness (third-person singular simple present harnesses, present participle harnessing, simple past and past participle harnessed)

  1. (transitive) To place a harness on something; to tie up or restrain.
  2. (transitive) To capture, control or put to use.
  3. (transitive) To equip with armour.

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See also

  • harness on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
  • Harness in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

Anagrams

  • Shaners, Shearns

Source: wiktionary.org