Definitions for hardtack

hardtack hard·tack

Spelling: [hahrd-tak]
IPA: /ˈhɑrdˌtæk/

Hardtack is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 178 anagrams from letters in hardtack (aacdhkrt).

Definitions for hardtack

noun

  1. a hard, saltless biscuit, formerly much used aboard ships and for army rations.

Origin of hardtack

First recorded in 1830-40; hard + tack2

Examples for hardtack

I had some hardtack and tea in my “grub bag,” and these I left with her.

Both sides were starving, the one for tobacco and the other for hardtack and bacon.

hardtack was scarce for a while at Stafford and the thought itself is hungrifying.

hardtack was served with this soup and made a most satisfactory meal.

The hardtack and provisions carried on march leave something to be desired.

They still had some hardtack, but of meat and coffee there was none.

We shall feed our men on herring and hardtack with the coffee.

Kirby swallowed what must have been the last soggy crumb of hardtack.

Jerked beef and hardtack, washed down with coffee, was their fare.

No fire could be made in the galley, so we lived mostly on hardtack.

Word Value for hardtack
Scrable

18

Words with friends

18

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