Unscramble SHORTLIST and you have 204 words, SHORTLIST itself among them: it scores 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from SHORTLIST by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 25 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 37 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 25 6-letter words in SHORTLIST, the top score is 9, reached by 17. SHIRTS, SHORTS and THIRST are the familiar ones.
60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTLIST; 28 of them share the top score of 8. SHORT, LISTS and SHIRT are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words from SHORTLIST, 27 score 7 points, the group's best. LIST, SORT and LOSS are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SHORTLIST but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in ST · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HOLISTS, SOTTISH and THIRSTS (10 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. SHORTLIST 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTLIST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 204) | 168 | 204 | 154 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: THRISTS, THRIST, LITHS, SHIRS, SHISO, SLISH, THOLI, HOIS, HORS, LITH, LOSH, SHIR and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: ROSHIS, ROSHI, HOSS, SOHS, HOS, ROSTIS, SHO, SOH, TSOTSI, ROSTI, STOTS, TOLTS and 2 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHORTLIST and one more.