Unscramble SHORTEST to get 206 words. SHORTEST itself is a real word: 11 points on a Scrabble board, 10 in Words With Friends. 5 shorter words score 10, among them HORSTES, HOTTERS and SHOTTES. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHORTEST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 7, 32 with 6, 54 with 5, 60 with 4, 38 with 3 and 16 with 2.
32 6-letter words in SHORTEST; 18 of them share the top score of 9. STORES, HORSES and SHORTS are everyday picks.
Among 54 5-letter words from SHORTEST, the top score is 8, reached by 26. OTHER, STORE and SHORT are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTEST, 29 score 7 points, the group's best. TEST, SORT and REST are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHORTEST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What SHORTEST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SHORTEST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTEST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 206) | 174 | 206 | 158 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
32 of the 206 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOTTERS, SHOTTES, TOSHERS, TOTHERS, SHOTTE, TOSHER, ROHES, SHETS, TEHRS, HORE, HORS, HOTE and 20 more. 16 of the 206 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HOSERS, HOSER, SHERO, HOSS, SESH, SOHS, HOS, SHO, SOH, SORTES, STOTS, ESTS and 4 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHORTEST and one more.