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SHORTEST

8 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What SHORTEST Means

SHORTEST is a form of SHORT, which means:

  1. adjective: primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration“a short life”
  2. adjective: (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length“short skirts”
  3. adverb: clean across“the car's axle snapped short”
  4. adverb: without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold“he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash”

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

SHORTEST 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 S1 T1.

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