Is SHORTEN a word?
SHORTEN is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends, has 7 letters, and can be rearranged into 3 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SHORTEN is a valid word.
What does shorten mean?
verb: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration.
“He shortened his trip due to illness”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SHORTEN: word details
- Pronunciation: SHAWR-tuhn (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 7 letters, a medium-length word. It is one of 33,192 7-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 10 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of shorten
Shorter words inside shorten
Words you can make from the letters of shorten.
Solve a whole rack, not just SHORTEN
SHORTEN is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does SHORTEN mean?
SHORTEN is a verb. It means: make shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration.
Is SHORTEN a valid word?
Yes, SHORTEN is a valid word. It scores 10 points in Scrabble and 10 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.