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Is shorten a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shorten is a Scrabble US word. The word shorten is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is shorten a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shorten is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

S1H4O1R1T1E1N1

Is shorten a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shorten is a Words With Friends word. The word shorten is worth 10 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (4 found)

HORNETS,SHORTEN,THRENOS,THRONES,

6-letter words (25 found)

ETHNOS,HERONS,HONERS,HONEST,HORNET,HORSTE,NESTOR,NORTHS,NOSHER,NOTERS,NOTHER,OTHERS,RESHOT,RHONES,RONTES,SENHOR,STONER,TENORS,TENSOR,THORNS,THROES,THRONE,TONERS,TOSHER,TRONES,

5-letter words (63 found)

ESTRO,ETHOS,HENTS,HERNS,HERON,HEROS,HOERS,HONER,HONES,HORNS,HORSE,HORST,HOSEN,HOSER,HOTEN,NERTS,NORTH,NOSER,NOTER,NOTES,ONERS,ONSET,OTHER,RENOS,RENTS,RESTO,RHONE,ROHES,RONES,RONTE,RONTS,ROSET,ROTES,SENOR,SERON,SETON,SHENT,SHERO,SHOER,SHONE,SHORE,SHORN,SHORT,SHOTE,SNORE,SNORT,STENO,STERN,STONE,STORE,TEHRS,TENOR,TERNS,THENS,THORN,THOSE,THROE,TONER,TONES,TORES,TORSE,TRONE,TRONS,

4-letter words (81 found)

ENTS,EONS,ERNS,EROS,ERST,ETHS,HENS,HENT,HERN,HERO,HERS,HEST,HETS,HOER,HOES,HONE,HONS,HORE,HORN,HORS,HOSE,HOST,HOTE,HOTS,NESH,NEST,NETS,NOES,NOSE,NOSH,NOTE,ONER,ONES,ONST,ORES,ORTS,REHS,RENO,RENS,RENT,REOS,RESH,REST,RETS,RHOS,ROES,ROHE,RONE,RONT,ROSE,ROST,ROTE,ROTS,SENT,SHEN,SHET,SHOE,SHOT,SNOT,SONE,SORE,SORN,SORT,SOTH,STEN,TEHR,TENS,TERN,THEN,THON,THRO,TOES,TONE,TONS,TORE,TORN,TORS,TOSE,TOSH,TRES,TRON,

3-letter words (52 found)

EHS,ENS,EON,ERN,ERS,EST,ETH,HEN,HER,HES,HET,HOE,HON,HOS,HOT,NET,NOH,NOR,NOS,NOT,NTH,OES,OHS,ONE,ONS,ORE,ORS,ORT,OSE,REH,REN,REO,RES,RET,RHO,ROE,ROT,SEN,SER,SET,SHE,SHO,SOH,SON,SOT,TEN,TES,THE,THO,TOE,TON,TOR,

2-letter words (20 found)

EH,EN,ER,ES,ET,HE,HO,NE,NO,OE,OH,ON,OR,OS,RE,SH,SO,ST,TE,TO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 246 words from shorten according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shorten

shorten

Etymology

From Middle English shortnen, schortenen, equivalent to short +‎ -en (verbal suffix). In some senses, a continuation (in altered form) of Middle English schorten (“to make short, shorten”), from Old English sċortian (“to become short”), from Proto-Germanic *skurtōną (“to shorten”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔːtən/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈʃɔɹtən/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tən

Verb

shorten (third-person singular simple present shortens, present participle shortening, simple past and past participle shortened)

  1. (transitive) To make shorter; to abbreviate.
  2. (intransitive) To become shorter.
  3. (transitive) To make deficient (as to); to deprive (of).
  4. (transitive) To make short or friable, as pastry, with butter, lard, etc.
  5. (transitive) To reduce or diminish in amount, quantity, or extent; to lessen.
    to shorten an allowance of food
  6. (baking, of pastries, transitive) To make crumbly.
  7. (nautical, transitive) To take in the slack of (a rope).
  8. (nautical, transitive) To reduce (sail) by taking it in.

Synonyms

  • See also Thesaurus:shorten

Antonyms

  • extend
  • lengthen

Translations

Anagrams

  • Herston, Hornets, Rhotens, Thorens, Thorsen, enhorts, hornets, snoreth, thrones

Source: wiktionary.org