What SHORTENS Means
SHORTENS is a form of SHORTEN, which means:
- verb: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration“He shortened his trip due to illness”
- verb: reduce in scope while retaining essential elements“The manuscript must be shortened”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
SHORTENS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as S1 H4 O1 R1 T1 E1 N1 S1.
Words Made From The Letters In SHORTENS
310 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 (12)
6 letter words (55)
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5 letter words (82)
ESTROETHOSHENTSHERNSHERONHEROSHESTSHOERSHONERHONESHORNSHORSEHORSTHOSENHOSERHOSESHOSTSHOTENNERTSNESTSNORTHNOSERNOSESNOTERNOTESONERSONSETOTHERRENTSRESTORESTSRHONERONESRONTERONTSROSESROSETROSTSROTESSENORSENTSSERONSETONSHENTSHETSSHOERSHOESSHONESHORESHORNSHORTSHOTESHOTSSNORESNORTSNOTSSONESSONSESORESSORNSSORTSSOTHSSTENOSTENSSTERNSTONESTORETEHRSTENORTERNSTHENSTHORNTHOSETHROETONERTONESTORESTORSETOSESTRESSTRONETRONS
4 letter words (88)
EONSERNSEROSERSTESTSETHSHENSHENTHERNHEROHERSHESTHETSHOESHONEHONSHORNHORSHOSEHOSSHOSTHOTEHOTSNESHNESSNESTNETSNOESNOSENOSHNOTEONERONESONSTORESORTSOSESREHSRENSRENTREOSRESHRESTRETSRHOSROESRONERONTROSEROSTROTEROTSSENSSENTSERSSESHSETSSHESSHETSHOESHOTSNOTSOHSSONESONSSORESORNSORTSOTHSOTSSTENTEHRTENSTERNTHENTHONTHROTOESTONETONSTORETORNTORSTOSETOSHTOSSTRESTRON
3 letter words (53)
EHSENSEONERNERSESSESTETHHENHERHESHETHOEHONHOSHOTNETNOHNORNOSNOTNTHOESOHSONEONSOREORSORTOSEREHRENREORESRETRHOROEROTSENSERSETSHESOHSONSOSSOTTENTESTHETHOTOETONTOR
2 letter words (20)
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