Heartrending is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.
You can make 977 anagrams from letters in heartrending (adeeghinnrrt).
First recorded in 1680-90; heart + rending
I rolled about on the ground, uttering the most heartrending cries.
The scenes on the decks of the sinking liner were heartrending.
The case of Nick, although sore enough in its way, was not so heartrending as that of Kate.
The next morning there came a heartrending letter from Aunt Ju.
Some of the scenes witnessed here were heartrending in the extreme.
He lifted his face, swept them with a heartrending glance, and finished.
Now and again he let himself be caught by the heartrending accents of his wife.
It is in this district that the loss of life has been heartrending.
Sir Arthur uttered a heartrending cry and fell back in a faint.
Clearly, the voters were rewarding his heartrending performance of “ I Want to Hold Your Hand.”
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