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Shorts

/ʃɔː(ɹ)ts/

Scrabble:9 ptsWWF:8 pts6 letters
Definition of Shorts

noun

  1. A short circuit.
  2. A short film.
  3. A short version of a garment in a particular size.

    "38 short suits fit me right off the rack."

  4. A shortstop.

    "Jones smashes a grounder between third and short."

  5. A short seller.

    "The market decline was terrible, but the shorts were buying champagne."

verb

  1. To cause a short circuit in (something).
  2. Of an electrical circuit, to short circuit.
  3. To shortchange.
  4. To provide with a smaller than agreed or labeled amount.

    "This is the third time I’ve caught them shorting us."

  5. To sell something, especially securities, that one does not own at the moment for delivery at a later date in hopes of profiting from a decline in the price; to sell short.

noun

  1. Trousers worn primarily in warm weather that do not go lower than the knees.

    "Jessica hated covering her legs, so she usually wore shorts."

  2. Underwear bottoms.

    "After a scare like that, I need to change my shorts."

  3. 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.
Anagrams of Shorts

1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "shorts":

horsts

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "shorts" and rearranging:

+bborshts
+ehorstes
Related Word Patterns
SH...Words starting with "sh"...TSWords ending with "ts"All 6-letter wordsUnscramble "shorts"
Letter Values
s1
h4
o1
r1
t1
s1

Total: 9 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Shorts
abandonmentsabasementsabashmentsabatementsabbotsabductsaberrantsabetmentsabetsabiogenistsablautsableists
Related 6-Letter Words
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Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Shorts"

Shorts is a 6-letter word that scores 9 points in Scrabble and 8 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "shorts" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.

Using "Shorts" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "shorts" is a low-scoring word.