300 words come out when you unscramble SHORTAGES, starting with SHORTAGES itself: 13 in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHORTAGES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 7 with 8, 26 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2.
26 7-letter words in SHORTAGES; 5 of them share the top score of 11. STORAGE, HOSTAGE and GATHERS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTAGES, 10 score 10 points, the group's best. SHARES, HORSES and SHORTS are the ones most people know.
Among 60 5-letter words from SHORTAGES, the top score is 9, reached by 12. OTHER, SHARE and SHORT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words in SHORTAGES, 10 score 8 points, the group's best. HOST, HEAR and SHOT are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with SHORTAGES letters, HAG and HOG tie for first at 7 points. ARE, HAS and GET are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SHORTAGES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
The meaning of SHORTAGES, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
SHORTAGES works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTAGES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 300) | 246 | 300 | 218 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: ASTHORES, HAROSETS, SEAHOGS, ASTHORE, GHASTS, GOSHTS, HAROSET, SEAHOG, SHASTER, TOSHERS, ASHETS, GATHS and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: GHERAOS, GOETH, GOTHS, HOSERS, SHARTS, ARGH, GOTH, HOSER, SHART, SHERO, TOERAGS, GATERS and 16 more, 28 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHORTAGES and one more.