What SHORTAGE Means
- noun: the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required“new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit”
- noun: an acute insufficiency
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHORTAGE is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 O1 R1 T1 A1 G2 E1.
Words Made From The Letters In SHORTAGE
453 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (10)
6 letter words (41)
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5 letter words (125)
AEROSAGERSARETSARGOTAROSEASHETASTEREARSTEARTHERGOSERGOTESTROETHOSGARTHGATERGATESGATHSGATORGEARSGEATSGERAHGETASGHASTGHATSGHESTGHOSTGOATSGOERSGOESTGOETHGORASGORESGORSEGOSHTGOTHSGRATEGREATGROATGROTSHAETSHARESHAROSHARTSHASTEHATERHATESHEARSHEARTHEASTHEATSHEROSHOARSHOASTHOERSHORASHORSEHORSTHOSERHOSTAOATEROATHSOGRESORATEOTHERRAGESRATESRATHERATHSRATOSREASTREGOSRESATRESTORETAGRHEASROASTROATEROSETROTASROTESSAGERSARGESARGOSEGARSHARESHARTSHEARSHOATSHOERSHORESHORTSHOTESOARESOGERSORTASTAGESTARESTEARSTOAESTORESTRAESTRAGTAHRSTARESTARGETAROSTASERTEARSTEHRSTERASTERGATHARSTHOSETHRAETHROETOEASTOGAETOGASTOGESTORAHTORASTORESTORSETRASHTROGS
4 letter words (158)
AEROAGERAGESAREGARESARETARGHARTSATESEARSEASTEATHEATSEGOSERASERGOERGSEROSERSTETASETHSGAESGAREGARSGARTGASHGASTGATEGATHGATSGEARGEATGEOSGERSGERTGESTGETAGETSGHATGOASGOATGOERGOESGORAGOREGOSHGOTHGRATGROTHAESHAETHAGSHAOSHAREHAROHARTHASTHATEHATSHEARHEATHEROHERSHESTHETSHOASHOESHOGSHORAHORSHOSEHOSTHOTEHOTSOARSOASTOATHOATSOGREORESORTSOSARRAGERAGSRAHSRASERASHRASTRATERATHRATORATSREGOREGSREHSREOSRESHRESTRETSRHEARHOSROESROSEROSTROTAROTEROTSSAGESAGOSATESEARSEATSEGOSERASETASHATSHEASHETSHOESHOGSHOTSOARSORASORESORTSOTHSTAGSTARSTOATAESTAGSTAHRTAOSTARETAROTARSTASHTEARTEASTEGSTEHRTHAETHARTHROTOEATOESTOGATOGETOGSTORATORETORSTOSATOSETOSHTRESTROGTSAR
3 letter words (93)
AGEAGOAGSAHSAREARSARTASHATEATSEAREASEATEGOEHSERAERGERSESTETAETHGAEGARGASGATGEOGERGETGOAGOEGORGOSGOTHAEHAGHAOHASHATHERHESHETHOAHOEHOGHOSHOTOAROATOESOHSORAOREORSORTOSERAGRAHRASRATREGREHREORESRETRHOROEROTSAESAGSARSATSEASEGSERSETSHASHESOGSOHSOTTAETAGTAOTARTASTEATEGTESTHETHOTOETOGTOR
2 letter words (26)
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