hardship
Hardship can refer to a state of misfortune or affliction, something that causes or entails suffering, or something hard to endure.
Length
8
Scrabble
17
WWF
16
Starts
HA
Ends
HIP
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “HARDSHIP” Mean?
/ˈhɑɹdˌʃɪp/
hardship has 3 documented senses across noun.
Noun
3 sensesa state of misfortune or affliction
“debt-ridden farmers struggling with adversity”
“a life of hardship”
Synonyms
something hard to endure
“the asperity of northern winters”
something that causes or entails suffering
“{'source': 'James Boswell', 'text': 'I cannot think it a hardship that more indulgence is allowed to men than to women'}”
“the many hardships of frontier life”
Synonyms for HARDSHIP
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
8
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
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Definition
a state of misfortune or affliction
Length
8 letters
Starts With
H
Ends With
P
Vowels
2
Consonants
6
Letters
H, A, R, D, S, H, I, P
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★HARDSHIP has a Scrabble score of 17. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆HARDSHIP is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆HARDSHIP can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 8-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆HARDSHIP contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
7
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDEAFG
CV Pattern
CVCCCCVC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
HA, AR, RD, DS, SH, HI, IP
Trigrams
HAR, ARD, RDS, DSH, SHI, HIP
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