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Is shorts a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word shorts is a Scrabble US word. The word shorts is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is shorts a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word shorts is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

S1H4O1R1T1S1

Is shorts a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word shorts is a Words With Friends word. The word shorts is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

S1H3O1R1T1S1

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6-letter words (2 found)

HORSTS,SHORTS,

5-letter words (7 found)

HORST,HOSTS,ROSTS,SHORT,SHOTS,SORTS,SOTHS,

4-letter words (17 found)

HORS,HOSS,HOST,HOTS,ORTS,RHOS,ROST,ROTS,SHOT,SOHS,SORT,SOTH,SOTS,THRO,TORS,TOSH,TOSS,

3-letter words (13 found)

HOS,HOT,OHS,ORS,ORT,RHO,ROT,SHO,SOH,SOS,SOT,THO,TOR,

2-letter words (8 found)

HO,OH,OR,OS,SH,SO,ST,TO,

You can make 47 words from shorts according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of shorts

shorts

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts

Noun

shorts

  1. plural of short

Noun

shorts pl (plural only)

  1. pants or trousers worn for sports or in warmer weather that do not go lower than the knees.
    Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts.
  2. (dated) underpants.
    After a scare like that, you might need to change your shorts.
  3. (uncountable) Remnants, clippings, trimmings of production processes.
  4. The part of milled grain sifted out which is next finer than the bran; pollard.
  5. Short, inferior hemp.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • short pants
  • undershorts

Verb

shorts

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of short

Anagrams

  • Horsts, Stohrs, horsts

French

Noun

shorts m

  1. plural of short

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English shorts.

Noun

shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortser, definite plural shortsene)

  1. shorts (trousers with short legs, no longer than to the knees).

Synonyms

  • kortbukse

References

  • “shorts” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English shorts.

Noun

shorts m (definite singular shortsen, indefinite plural shorts or shortsar, definite plural shortsane)

  1. shorts (as above)

Synonyms

  • kortbukse

References

  • “shorts” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English shorts.

Pronunciation

Noun

shorts m pl (plural only)

  1. Alternative form of short

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃoɾds/ [ˈʃoɾð̞s]
  • Rhymes: -oɾds

Noun

shorts m pl (plural only)

  1. shorts
  2. plural of short

Swedish

Etymology

From English shorts.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɧoːʈʂ/, (rare) /ʃoːʈʂ/

Noun

shorts pl

  1. trousers with short legs. Does generally not reach to the knees.

Declension


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