Is SHORTED a valid Scrabble word?
Yes, SHORTED is a valid word in US Scrabble and UK Scrabble, worth 11 points.
Base score before bonus squares; blank tiles score zero.
What does SHORTED mean?
Shorted is a form of SHORT.
- adjective
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
“a short life”
- adjective
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
“short skirts”
- adjective
low in stature; not tall
“he was short and stocky”
- noun
the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.
Points
11
Scrabble
10
Words With Friends
7
Letters
S (1) + H (4) + O (1) + R (1) + T (1) + E (1) + D (2) = 11 points in Scrabble.
Dictionary status
- Scrabble (US & Canada)Valid
- Scrabble (UK & worldwide)Valid
- Words With FriendsListed
Scrabble lists: NWL2023 (US & Canada) and CSW24 (UK & worldwide). WWF uses our ENABLE reference plus verified additions. “Listed” and “Not listed” describe that reference; check acceptance in the game. Sources reviewed 2026-10-03.
Hooks for SHORTED
SHORTED has no one-letter front or back hooks in US Scrabble. Adding a single letter to either end does not make another word in that list.
Front hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the front.
Back hooks0
None — nothing can be added to the end.
Anagrams of SHORTED
Words that use exactly the same letters.
Words you can make from SHORTED
The 60 highest-scoring words using these letters.
- dehorts11
- dehors10
- dehort10
- hordes10
- horsed10
- hosted10
- reshod10
- shored10
- horste9
- others9
- reshot9
- throes9
- doeth9
- herds9
- horde9
- hosed9
- sherd9
- shoed9
- shred9
- ethos8
- heros8
- hoers8
- horse8
- horst8
- hoser8
- other8
- shero8
- shoer8
- shore8
- short8
- shote8
- those8
- throe8
- dohs8
- dosh8
- doth8
- edhs8
- herd8
- hods8
- hoed8
- ohed8
- shed8
- shod8
- doters7
- sorted7
- stored7
- strode7
- eths7
- hero7
- hers7
- hest7
- hets7
- hoer7
- hoes7
- hose7
- host7
- hots7
- resh7
- rhos7
- shoe7
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