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Is harsh a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word harsh is a Scrabble US word. The word harsh is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

H4A1R1S1H4

Is harsh a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word harsh is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

H4A1R1S1H4

Is harsh a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word harsh is a Words With Friends word. The word harsh is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

H3A1R1S1H3

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5-letter words (1 found)

HARSH,

4-letter words (5 found)

HAHS,HASH,RAHS,RASH,SHAH,

3-letter words (10 found)

AHS,ARS,ASH,HAH,HAS,RAH,RAS,SAR,SHA,SHH,

2-letter words (5 found)

AH,AR,AS,HA,SH,

You can make 21 words from harsh according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of harsh

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Definitions and meaning of harsh

harsh

Etymology

From Middle English harsk, harisk(e), hask(e), herris. Century derived the term from Old Norse harskr (whence Danish harsk (“rancid”), dialectal Norwegian hersk, Swedish härsk); the Middle English Dictionary derives it from that and Middle Low German harsch (“rough”, literally “hairy”) (whence also German harsch), from haer (“hair”), from Old Saxon hār, from Proto-West Germanic *hār; the Oxford Dictionary of English derives it from Middle Low German alone.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /hɑɹʃ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /hɑːʃ/
  • (obsolete) IPA(key): /hæʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)ʃ

Adjective

harsh (comparative harsher or more harsh, superlative harshest or most harsh)

  1. Unpleasantly rough to the touch or other senses.
  2. Severe or cruel.

Antonyms

  • genteel

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Verb

harsh (third-person singular simple present harshes, present participle harshing, simple past and past participle harshed)

  1. (intransitive, slang) To negatively criticize.
  2. (transitive, slang) To put a damper on (a mood).

Synonyms

  • rough

Derived terms

  • harsh one's mellow

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Source: wiktionary.org