Possible Words From shortage
By length, the words from SHORTAGE split into 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 7, 43 with 6, 129 with 5, 169 with 4, 96 with 3 and 26 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
8 Letter Words You Can Make with shortage
1 word · top score 12 · everyday: SHORTAGE
- shortage12
7 Letter Words You Can Make with shortage
10 words · top score 11 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: STORAGE, HOSTAGE, GATHERS
Among the 7-letter words made with SHORTAGE letters, GATHERS, GHERAOS and HOSTAGE tie for first at 11 points. STORAGE is an everyday pick.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with shortage
43 words · top score 10 · everyday: HEARTS, GATHER, GATORS
Among 43 6-letter words in SHORTAGE, the top score is 10, reached by 6. HEARTS, GATHER and GATORS are the familiar ones.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with shortage
129 words · top score 9 · everyday: OTHER, GREAT, STORE
129 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTAGE; 10 of them share the top score of 9. OTHER, GREAT and STORE are everyday picks.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with shortage
169 words · top score 8 · everyday: RATE, EAST, STAR
10 of 169 4-letter words from SHORTAGE tie at 8 points; none scores more. RATE, EAST and STAR will look familiar.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with shortage
96 words · top score 7 · everyday: ARE, HAS, GET
Among the 3-letter words in SHORTAGE, HAG and HOG tie for first at 7 points. ARE, HAS and GET are everyday picks.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with shortage
26 words · top score 5 · everyday: OR, AT, AS
Of the 26 2-letter words made with SHORTAGE letters, 7 score 5 points, the group's best. OR, AT and AS are the ones most people know.
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Change One Tile in SHORTAGE
These 6 words have the length of SHORTAGE, with one letter different:
- G U gives ARTHOUSE · words from arthouse
- E W gives WARTHOGS · words from warthogs
- H U gives OUTRAGES · unscramble outrages
- H C gives ESCARGOT · words from escargot
- O B gives BARGHEST · unscramble barghest
- T M gives HOMAGERS · unscramble homagers
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in GE · all 8-letter words
What the Best SHORTAGE Words Mean
What SHORTAGE means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- SHORTAGE 12 · 12
- the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required
- GATHERS 11 · 11
- assemble or get together
- GHERAOS 11 · 11
- gherao
- HOSTAGE 11 · 11
- a prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms
- EARSHOT 10 · 9
- the range within which a voice can be heard
- GARTHS 10 · 10
- a yard or garden
- GASHER 10 · 10
- knowing
- GATHER 10 · 10
- assemble or get together
Can You Play SHORTAGE in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
Yes. SHORTAGE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTAGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 474) | 389 | 474 | 349 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 85 of them: ASTHORE, HAROSET, SEAHOG, GATHS, GHEST, GOSHT, TOSHER, ASHET, GATH, HAROS, HEAST, HOAST and 73 more. Words With Friends* skips 40 of them: GHERAOS, GOETH, GOTHS, ARGH, HOSER, SHART, SHERO, TOERAGS, GATERS, HAOS, TOERAG, AGROS and 28 more.
474 words come out when you unscramble SHORTAGE, starting with SHORTAGE itself: 12 in Scrabble, 12 in Words With Friends. HOSTAGE, GATHERS and GHERAOS are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. It has 8 letters, 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
Add a Letter to SHORTAGE
Each word below uses all the letters of SHORTAGE and one more.