Is SHORTNESS a word?
SHORTNESS is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words With Friends, has 9 letters, and can be rearranged into 0 other words, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, SHORTNESS is a valid word.
What does shortness mean?
noun: the property of being of short spatial extent.
“the shortness of the Channel crossing”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
SHORTNESS: word details
- Pronunciation: SHAWRT-nuhs (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 9 letters, a long word. It is one of 41,139 9-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 12 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 12 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.
Shorter words inside shortness
Words you can make from the letters of shortness.
Solve a whole rack, not just SHORTNESS
SHORTNESS 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 SHORTNESS mean?
SHORTNESS is a noun. It means: the property of being of short spatial extent.
Is SHORTNESS a valid word?
Yes, SHORTNESS is a valid word. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 12 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.