hardship

NOUN /hɑrdʃɪp/
8 LETTERS · 2 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH H

hardship is a valid 8-letter word worth 17 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4A1R1D2S1H4I1P3
4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 4 + 1 + 3 =17 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 34TRIPLE WORD → 51
MEANING

What does hardship mean?

NOUN · 3 SENSES
1

A state of misfortune or affliction.

“a life of hardship”

SYNONYMS
ADVERSITYHARD KNOCKS
BROADER
TOUGH LUCKBAD LUCKMISFORTUNEILL LUCK
NARROWER
EXTREMITYILL-BEINGVICTIMIZATIONCATASTROPHEDISASTERDISTRESSLOW-WATER MARKNADIR
2

Something hard to endure.

SYNONYMS
ASPERITYGRIMNESSRIGORRIGOROUSNESSRIGOURRIGOUROUSNESSSEVERENESSSEVERITY
BROADER
DIFFICULTNESSDIFFICULTY
NARROWER
STERNNESS
3

Something that causes or entails suffering.

“I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women”

“the many hardships of frontier life”

BROADER
BAD LUCKMISFORTUNE