278 words come out when you unscramble SHORTIES, starting with SHORTIES itself: 11 in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends. SHORTIES has 3 anagrams here, HOISTERS, HORSIEST and HOSTRIES, scoring 11 like SHORTIES itself. 8 letters: 3 vowels and 5 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SHORTIES split into 4 with 8 letters, 17 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 55 with 3 and 23 with 2.
Of the 59 6-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTIES, 32 score 9 points, the group's best. STORES, SHIRTS and SISTER are the ones most people know.
60 5-letter words from SHORTIES; 47 of them share the top score of 8. OTHER, SHORT and SHOES are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTIES, 43 score 7 points, the group's best. REST, HOST and HITS are the ones most people know.
21 of 55 3-letter words from SHORTIES tie at 6 points; none scores more. ITS, SET and HOT will look familiar.
These 6 words have the length of SHORTIES, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with SH · ending in ES · all 8-letter words
What SHORTIES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHORTIES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTIES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 278) | 216 | 277 | 192 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: HOSTRIES, HOSTIES, TOSHERS, TOSHIER, HOSTIE, SEHRIS, SIETHS, SITHES, TOSHER, ISHES, RHIES, ROHES and 49 more, 61 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: HORSIES, HORSIE, HOSERS, ROSHIS, SHITES, HOSER, ROSHI, SHERO, SHITE, HOSS, SESH, SOHS and 12 more, 24 in all. Not in Scrabble US, Scrabble UK and Words With Friends*: ITER.
These 11 words take every letter of SHORTIES plus a single extra one.