Definitions For Hazard

noun

  • An obstacle on a golf course
  • An unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another
  • A source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune
  • A source of danger
  • Something on a golf course (such as a pond or an area of sand) that makes hitting the ball into the hole more difficult

verb

  • Put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation
  • Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome
  • Put at risk
  • To risk losing (something, such as money) in an attempt to get, win, or achieve something
  • To offer (something, such as a guess or an opinion) even though you may be wrong

Is Hazard a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
19
Words with Friends
18

The word Hazard is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Hazard in a Sentence

  • The tumbledown old barn was considered a fire hazard
  • It was only by hazard and good fortune that we found our way back to the trail
  • His friend asked him to hazard a small sum in a business venture.
  • Just so the tourists could see the sea lions up close, the captain needlessly hazarded his ship

Synonyms for Hazard

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