Unscramble SHORTNESSES to get 312 words. SHORTNESSES itself is a real word: 14 points on a Scrabble board, 14 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 5 of them, SHORTNESS, OTHERNESS and HOSTESSES included. The 11 letters split into 3 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SHORTNESSES split into 1 with 11 letters, 5 with 9, 10 with 8, 35 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 10 letters.
Among 35 7-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTNESSES, the top score is 10, reached by 18. SENSORS, THEREON and HORNETS are the familiar ones.
47 of 60 6-letter words from SHORTNESSES tie at 9 points; none scores more. SHEETS, HORSES and SHORTS will look familiar.
60 5-letter words in SHORTNESSES; 51 of them share the top score of 8. OTHER, THERE and THREE are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words made with SHORTNESSES letters, the top score is 7, reached by 43. HERE, THEN and HOST are the familiar ones.
Of the 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHORTNESSES, 20 score 6 points, the group's best. NOT, ONE and SEE are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SHORTNESSES for another and you can spell these 4 words:
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What SHORTNESSES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SHORTNESSES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHORTNESSES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 312) | 255 | 312 | 234 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 312 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: THRENOSES, NESHEST, THRENES, THRENOS, TOSHERS, EOTHEN, HERSES, NESHER, RHONES, THRENE, TOSHER, ETHNE and 45 more. 21 of the 312 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHEROES, HOSERS, HOSSES, SESHES, HOSER, SHERO, TSORESES, HOSS, SESH, SHEN, SOHS, HOS and 9 more.