Unscramble SHORTCOMING and you have 370 words, SHORTCOMING itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. CHROMINGS and SMOOCHING are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from SHORTCOMING by length: 1 with 11 letters, 10 with 9, 33 with 8, 60 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 26 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among the 8-letter words made with SHORTCOMING letters, CHROMING and MOOCHING tie for first at 16 points. MONITORS, SHOOTING and CHOOSING are everyday picks.
MOCHING scores highest among the 7-letter words from SHORTCOMING at 15 points, ahead of CHORISM and CHRISOM on 14. HOSTING, SCORING and CRIMSON are the ones most people know.
9 of 60 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTCOMING tie at 13 points; none scores more. RIGHTS, MONTHS and COMING will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTCOMING, 11 score 12 points, the group's best. MIGHT, MONTH and GHOST are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from SHORTCOMING, MICH and MOCH tie for first at 11 points. HITS, RICH and INCH are everyday picks.
Of the 60 3-letter words in SHORTCOMING, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. HOT, HIT and CON are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHORTCOMING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 11-letter words: starting with SH · ending in NG · all 11-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CHROMINGS and SMOOCHING (17 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHORTCOMING, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTCOMING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 370) | 275 | 370 | 232 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 95 of them: CORNMOTHS, CHRISTOM, CORNMOTH, MOCHING, SHROOMING, TORCHINGS, CHORISM, SCHTOOM, TORGOCHS, CHOOMS, HOMINGS, HORMIC and 83 more. Words With Friends* skips 43 of them: MONOSTICH, CHROMIS, COONSHIT, MOCHIS, MOSHING, CHINGS, CRONISH, MOCHI, RIMSHOT, CHING, GINCH, GITCH and 31 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SHORTCOMING spell the words below.