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Shortages

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noun · 9 letters · Common · plural of shortage

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does shortages mean?

noun

  1. the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required

    “new blood vessels bud out from the already dilated vascular bed to make up the nutritional deficit”

    Synonymsdeficitshortfall

  2. an acute insufficiency

    Synonymsdearthfamine

Definitions shown for shortage, the base form of shortages.

Is SHORTAGES a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is SHORTAGES worth?

Scrabble

13 pts
s 1h 4o 1r 1t 1a 1g 2e 1s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
s 1h 3o 1r 1t 1a 1g 3e 1s 1

Wordfeud

14 pts
s 1h 4o 1r 1t 1a 1g 3e 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

14 pts
s 1h 3o 1r 1t 1a 1g 4e 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in SHORTAGES

Words that end like SHORTAGES

Common words that share the ending -AGES, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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All words ending in -AGES

Shortages: quick answers

Is SHORTAGES a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. SHORTAGES is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 13 points before board bonuses.
How many points is SHORTAGES worth?
SHORTAGES scores 13 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 14 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does shortages mean?
shortages is the plural of shortage, which means “the property of being an amount by which something is less than expected or required”. It has 2 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in SHORTAGES?
You can make 597 shorter words from SHORTAGES, such as HOSTAGES, SHORTAGE, ASTHORES, EARSHOTS. See the full list.