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Shard

/ʃaːd/

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:8 pts5 letters
Definition of Shard

noun

  1. A piece of broken glass or pottery, especially one found in an archaeological dig.
  2. (by extension) A piece of material, especially rock and similar materials, reminding of a broken piece of glass or pottery.
  3. A tough scale, sheath, or shell; especially an elytron of a beetle.
  4. An instance of an MMORPG that is one of several independent and structurally identical virtual worlds, none of which has so many players as to exhaust a system's resources.
  5. A component of a sharded distributed database.

verb

  1. To fall apart into shards, usually as the result of impact or explosion.
  2. To break (something) into shards.
  3. To divide (an MMORPG) into several shards, or to establish a shard of one.
Anagrams of Shard

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "shard":

hards

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "shard" and rearranging:

+asradha
+cchards
+edashershadershared
+iradishshaird
+ohoards
+sshards
+yhydras
Related Word Patterns
SH...Words starting with "sh"...RDWords ending with "rd"All 5-letter wordsUnscramble "shard"
Synonyms & Antonyms
Letter Values
s1
h4
a1
r1
d2

Total: 9 Scrabble points

Word Tools
Find Anagrams of "shard"All 5-Letter WordsWords Starting With "S"
Rhymes With Shard
aboardaboveboardabsurdaccordafeardaffordafterwardafterwordairwardantibillboardastarboardaward
Related 5-Letter Words
sabalsabedsabersabessabinsabirsablesabotsabrasabresackssacrasadessadhesadhu

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Shard"

Shard is a 5-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "shard" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Shard" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "shard" is a low-scoring word.