Definition of shortcoming

"shortcoming" in the noun sense

1. defect, shortcoming

a failing or deficiency

"that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

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shortcoming in Scrabble®

The word shortcoming is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 19

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters shortcoming:

SHORTCOMING

(198)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (37 words)

choring, chorion, citrons, cohorts, comings, consort, costing, crimson, gnomish, gnomist, gnostic, gothics, gothism, hooting, horsing, hosting, microns, monitor, mooring, moorish, mooting, moronic, motions, omicron, osmotic, ostrich, rhotics, rooming, rooting, scoring, shooing, shoring, sooting, sorting, storing, throngs, torsion

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SHORTCOMING

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In shortcoming

SHORTCOMING

(198)

SHORTCOMING

(180)

SHORTCOMING

(132)

SHORTCOMING

(120)

CHORING

(102 = 52 + 50)

GNOMISH

(102 = 52 + 50)

GOTHISM

(102 = 52 + 50)

GOTHICS

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GOTHICS

(101 = 51 + 50)

GOTHICS

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GOTHISM

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CHORING

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GOTHISM

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GOTHICS

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COMINGS

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CHORION

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OSTRICH

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OSTRICH

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RHOTICS

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GNOMISH

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GOTHISM

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CHORING

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COHORTS

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COHORTS

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MOORISH

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GNOMISH

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MOORISH

(98 = 48 + 50)

RHOTICS

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HOOTING

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CHORION

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GOTHICS

(95 = 45 + 50)

CHORING

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OSTRICH

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GNOMISH

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COMINGS

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HOSTING

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SHORING

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SHOOING

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MOORISH

(95 = 45 + 50)

COMINGS

(95 = 45 + 50)

THRONGS

(95 = 45 + 50)

SHOOING

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OMICRON

(94 = 44 + 50)

THRONGS

(94 = 44 + 50)

OSMOTIC

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SHORING

(94 = 44 + 50)

CRIMSON

(94 = 44 + 50)

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MORONIC

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HORSING

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MICRONS

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CRIMSON

(92 = 42 + 50)

GOTHISM

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CHORING

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OMICRON

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GOTHICS

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OMICRON

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OMICRON

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MORONIC

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GNOMISH

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GOTHISM

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CHORING

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MICRONS

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CHORING

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MICRONS

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CRIMSON

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COHORTS

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RHOTICS

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MOORISH

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COMINGS

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COHORTS

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MOORING

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CHORION

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CHORION

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COSTING

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HOSTING

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RHOTICS

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CHORION

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GNOMIST

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MOORISH

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CHORION

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MOORISH

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COMINGS

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GOTHISM

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OSTRICH

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ROOMING

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SCORING

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SHOOING

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COHORTS

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SHORTCOMING

(88)

SHORING

(88 = 38 + 50)

THRONGS

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SHORING

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SHORING

(86 = 36 + 50)

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OMICRON

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MONITOR

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MORONIC

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SHORING

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OSMOTIC

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SHORING

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SHORING

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OMICRON

(86 = 36 + 50)

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OSMOTIC

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SHOOING

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OSMOTIC

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MOTIONS

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SHOOING

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MORONIC

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OSMOTIC

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MOORISH

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MOOTING

(86 = 36 + 50)

THRONGS

(86 = 36 + 50)

HORSING

(86 = 36 + 50)

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shortcoming in Words With Friends™

The word shortcoming is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 22

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters shortcoming:

SHORTCOMING

(342)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (37 words)

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word shortcoming

SHORTCOMING

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SHORTCOMING

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SHORTCOMING

(342)

SHORTCOMING

(288)

SHORTCOMING

(234)

SHORTCOMING

(180)

SHORTCOMING

(144)

COMINGS

(131 = 96 + 35)

OMICRON

(125 = 90 + 35)

MICRONS

(125 = 90 + 35)

GOTHICS

(119 = 84 + 35)

GNOMISH

(116 = 81 + 35)

COHORTS

(113 = 78 + 35)

MORONIC

(113 = 78 + 35)

GNOMIST

(110 = 75 + 35)

ROOMING

(110 = 75 + 35)

GNOMISH

(110 = 75 + 35)

CHORING

(110 = 75 + 35)

GOTHISM

(107 = 72 + 35)

COMINGS

(107 = 72 + 35)

MORONIC

(107 = 72 + 35)

CRIMSON

(107 = 72 + 35)

CRIMSON

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OMICRON

(107 = 72 + 35)

COMINGS

(107 = 72 + 35)

CRIMSON

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GNOMISH

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ROOMING

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GNOMIST

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GNOMISH

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GNOMISH

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MONITOR

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COSTING

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OSMOTIC

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GNOSTIC

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SCORING

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OSMOTIC

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MOORING

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GNOMISH

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CHORING

(104 = 69 + 35)

CHORING

(104 = 69 + 35)

SHORTCOMING

(104)

CHORION

(104 = 69 + 35)

CONSORT

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MOOTING

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CHORING

(104 = 69 + 35)

GOTHICS

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GOTHISM

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GOTHISM

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GOTHICS

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GOTHISM

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OMICRON

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RHOTICS

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CRIMSON

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OMICRON

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GOTHICS

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MICRONS

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MORONIC

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OSTRICH

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COMINGS

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CRIMSON

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CRIMSON

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OMICRON

(101 = 66 + 35)

GOTHISM

(101 = 66 + 35)

COMINGS

(101 = 66 + 35)

MORONIC

(101 = 66 + 35)

MOORISH

(101 = 66 + 35)

SHORTCOMING

(100)

COMINGS

(99 = 64 + 35)

COMINGS

(99 = 64 + 35)

COMINGS

(99 = 64 + 35)

GNOMIST

(98 = 63 + 35)

COSTING

(98 = 63 + 35)

CHORION

(98 = 63 + 35)

OSMOTIC

(98 = 63 + 35)

GNOMIST

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SCORING

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GNOMISH

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CHORION

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ROOMING

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MOTIONS

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GNOMIST

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CHORING

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SCORING

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ROOMING

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ROOMING

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GNOSTIC

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COSTING

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CITRONS

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MOOTING

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GNOMISH

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MOOTING

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MOORING

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CHORING

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GNOSTIC

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CHORING

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MOORING

(98 = 63 + 35)

SHORTCOMING

(96)

HOSTING

(95 = 60 + 35)

HOSTING

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COMINGS

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GOTHISM

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CHORING

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CHORING

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GOTHICS

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HOOTING

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COHORTS

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SHOOING

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HOOTING

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RHOTICS

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HORSING

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SHORING

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MICRONS

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SHORING

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GOTHISM

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MOORISH

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THRONGS

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GOTHICS

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RHOTICS

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CHORING

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SHOOING

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THRONGS

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GNOMISH

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GNOMISH

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OMICRON

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GNOMISH

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OSTRICH

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GOTHISM

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CRIMSON

(95 = 60 + 35)

OSTRICH

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MOORISH

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COMING

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GNOMIC

(93)

COSTING

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CHORION

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COSTING

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CHORION

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CITRONS

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CONSORT

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MOOTING

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SCORING

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MOOTING

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MOORING

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MONITOR

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SHORTCOMING

(92)

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GNOSTIC

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ROOMING

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GNOSTIC

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MOTIONS

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SCORING

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CHORING

(92 = 57 + 35)

SHORTCOMING

(92)

GNOMIST

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OMICRON

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CRIMSON

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MICRONS

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GOTHISM

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OMICRON

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Words within the letters of shortcoming

2 letter words in shortcoming (13 words)

go hi in is it mi no oh on or os so to

3 letter words in shortcoming (46 words)

chi cis cog con coo cot gin goo gos got hic him his hit hog hot ins ion ism its moo nit nor nos not ohm ohs ooh ors rho rig rim rot sic sim sin sir sit som son sot tic tin tom ton too

4 letter words in shortcoming (96 words)

5 letter words in shortcoming (96 words)

6 letter words in shortcoming (51 words)

7 letter words in shortcoming (37 words)

8 letter words in shortcoming (16 words)

choosing chroming gothonic isochron monitors mooching moorings motoring omicrons roosting scooting shooting shorting soothing storming torching

9 letter words in shortcoming (3 words)

smooching smoothing torchings

11 letter words in shortcoming (1 word)

shortcoming

shortcoming + 1 blank (2 words)

chirognomist shortcomings

shortcoming + 2 blanks (1 word)

chirognomists

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Words containing the sequence shortcoming

Words that start with shortcoming (2 words)

shortcoming shortcomings

Words with shortcoming in them (1 word)

shortcoming

Words that end with shortcoming (1 word)

shortcoming

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Word Growth involving shortcoming

Shorter words in shortcoming

in coming

mi coming

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Longer words containing shortcoming

shortcomings