hardscrabble

ADJECTIVE /hɑrd,skræbəl/
12 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH H

hardscrabble is a valid 12-letter word worth 22 points in Scrabble and 25 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
H4A1R1D2S1C3R1A1B3B3L1E1
4 + 1 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 + 3 + 1 + 1 =22 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 44TRIPLE WORD → 66
MEANING

What does hardscrabble mean?

ADJECTIVE · 1 SENSE
1

Barely satisfying a lower standard.

“the sharecropper's hardscrabble life”