SHORTAGES

9 letters, 13 points in Scrabble, 3 vowels

What SHORTAGES Means

SHORTAGES is a form of SHORTAGE, which 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

DEFICIT SHORTFALL DEARTH FAMINE

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHORTAGES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 O1 R1 T1 A1 G2 E1 S1.

Words Made From The Letters In SHORTAGES

599 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.

8 letter words (7)

ASTHORES EARSHOTS HAROSETS HOARSEST HOSTAGES SHORTAGE STORAGES

7 letter words (25)

ASTHORE EARSHOT GAROTES GASHEST GASTERS GATHERS GHERAOS GOSTERS GROSETS HAROSET HORSTES HOSTAGE ORGEATS OSETRAS OSSETRA RASHEST SEAHOGS SHASTER SORAGES STAGERS STORAGE STORGES TOERAGS TOSHERS TRASHES

6 letter words (93)

5 letter words (175)

AEROS AGERS ARETS ARGOT AROSE ASHES ASHET ASSET ASSOT ASTER EARST EARTH EASTS ERGOS ERGOT ESTRO ETHOS GARTH GASES GASTS GATER GATES GATHS GATOR GEARS GEATS GERAH GESSO GESTS GETAS GHAST GHATS GHEST GHOST GOATS GOERS GOEST GOETH GORAS GORES GORSE GOSHT GOSSE GOTHS GRASS GRATE GREAT GROAT GROSS GROTS HAETS HARES HAROS HARTS HASTE HATER HATES HEARS HEART HEAST HEATS HEROS HESTS HOARS HOAST HOERS HORAS HORSE HORST HOSER HOSES HOSTA HOSTS OASES OASTS OATER OATHS OGRES ORATE OTHER RAGES RASES RASSE RATES RATHE RATHS RATOS REAST REGOS RESAT RESTO RESTS RETAG RHEAS ROAST ROATE ROSES ROSET ROSTS ROTAS ROTES SAGER SAGES SAGOS SARGE SARGO SAROS SASER SATES SEARS SEATS SEGAR SEGOS SHAGS SHARE SHART SHEAR SHEAS SHETS SHOAT SHOER SHOES SHOGS SHORE SHORT SHOTE SHOTS SOARE SOARS SOGER SORAS SORES SORTA SORTS SOTHS STAGE STAGS STARE STARS STASH STEAR STOAE STOAS STORE STRAE STRAG TAHRS TARES TARGE TAROS TASER TASSE TEARS TEHRS TERAS TERGA THARS THOSE THRAE THROE TOEAS TOGAE TOGAS TOGES TORAH TORAS TORES TORSE TOSAS TOSES TRASH TRASS TRESS TROGS TSARS

4 letter words (178)

3 letter words (95)

AGE AGO AGS AHS ARE ARS ART ASH ATE ATS EAR EAS EAT EGO EHS ERA ERG ERS ESS EST ETA ETH GAE GAR GAS GAT GEO GER GET GOA GOE GOR GOS GOT HAE HAG HAO HAS HAT HER HES HET HOA HOE HOG HOS HOT OAR OAT OES OHS ORA ORE ORS ORT OSE RAG RAH RAS RAT REG REH REO RES RET RHO ROE ROT SAE SAG SAR SAT SEA SEG SER SET SHA SHE SOG SOH SOS SOT TAE TAG TAO TAR TAS TEA TEG TES THE THO TOE TOG TOR

2 letter words (26)

AE AG AH AR AS AT EA EH ER ES ET GO HA HE HO OE OH OR OS RE SH SO ST TA TE TO

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