Possible Words From shortening
By length, the words from SHORTENING split into 1 with 10 letters, 5 with 9, 30 with 8, 87 with 7, 178 with 6, 241 with 5, 224 with 4, 113 with 3 and 30 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
10 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
1 word · top score 14 · everyday: SHORTENING
9 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
5 words · top score 13
The 9-letter words made with SHORTENING letters are led by NORTHINGS and OTHERINGS, 13 points each.
8 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
30 words · top score 12 · everyday: NITROGEN
13 of 30 8-letter words in SHORTENING tie at 12 points; none scores more. NITROGEN will look familiar.
7 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
87 words · top score 11 (+50 for all 7 tiles) · everyday: HOSTING, NOTHING, REGIONS
Of the 87 7-letter words from SHORTENING, 21 score 11 points, the group's best. HOSTING, NOTHING and REGIONS are the ones most people know.
6 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
178 words · top score 10 · everyday: RIGHTS, THINGS, REGION
178 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTENING; 25 of them share the top score of 10. RIGHTS, THINGS and REGION are everyday picks.
5 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
241 words · top score 9 · everyday: OTHER, STORE, RIGHT
Of the 241 5-letter words made with SHORTENING letters, 27 score 9 points, the group's best. OTHER, STORE and RIGHT are the ones most people know.
4 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
224 words · top score 8 · everyday: SITE, THEN, SIGN
10 of 224 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTENING tie at 8 points; none scores more. SITE, THEN and SIGN will look familiar.
3 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
113 words · top score 7 · everyday: NOT, ONE, GET
Among the 3-letter words from SHORTENING, GHI and HOG tie for first at 7 points. NOT, ONE and GET are everyday picks.
2 Letter Words You Can Make with shortening
30 words · top score 5 · everyday: IN, IS, ON
Among 30 2-letter words in SHORTENING, the top score is 5, reached by 6. IN, IS and ON are the familiar ones.
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Change One Tile in SHORTENING
These 6 words have the length of SHORTENING, with one letter different:
- H E gives RONTGENISE · words from rontgenise
- S D gives DETHRONING · words from dethroning
- G E gives RHINESTONE · unscramble rhinestone
- N U gives SOUTHERING · unscramble southering
- E G gives THRONGINGS · unscramble throngings
- O A gives SHARENTING · words from sharenting
More 10-letter words: starting with SH · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
Definitions for the Top SHORTENING Plays
The meaning of SHORTENING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
- SHORTENING 14 · 16
- act of decreasing in length
- NORTHINGS 13 · 15
- movement toward the north
- OTHERINGS 13 · 14
- the act of othering
- HISTOGEN 12 · 13
- interior plant tissue
- HORNINGS 12 · 14
- a mock serenade for newlyweds
- INTHRONES 12 · 13
- to enthrone
- NORTHING 12 · 14
- movement toward the north
- NOTHINGS 12 · 14
- inconsequential conversation
Is SHORTENING Playable in Scrabble and Words With Friends?
SHORTENING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the Words With Friends list.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTENING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 909) | 706 | 907 | 654 |
* NWL2023 (US), Collins CSW24 (UK); the Words With Friends list changes.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: RIGHTENS, THROEING, GOTHIER, RIGHTEN, THINGOS, TOSHING, HETING, HOGENS, HONGIS, NITHERS, THINGO, THRENOI and 190 more, 202 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OTHERINGS, HORNINGS, OTHERING, THONGIER, HONGIES, GOETH, GOTHS, HONGI, HORSIE, SHOGI, HOSER, ROSHI and 40 more, 52 in all. Not in Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: INROS. Not in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: ITER.
909 words come out when you unscramble SHORTENING, starting with SHORTENING itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The 10 letters split into 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
One Extra Tile and SHORTENING Grows
These 2 words take every letter of SHORTENING plus a single extra one.