Definition of shortenings

"shortenings" in the noun sense

1. shortening

fat such as butter or lard used in baked goods

2. shortening

act of decreasing in length

"the dress needs shortening"

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shortenings in Scrabble®

The word shortenings 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: 15

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters shortenings:

SHORTENINGS
(144)
SHORTENINGS
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (75 words)

egoists, engross, ensigns, goiters, goitres, goriest, heroins, histone, hogties, hornets, horsing, hosiers, hosting, hotness, ignores, ingests, ingress, inserts, inshore, interns, intoner, intones, introns, nesting, norites, nosiest, nothing, ogreish, orients, regions, renting, resight, resigns, resting, rosiest, seniors, sensing, shiners, shoeing, shoring, shorten, shrines, sighers, sighter, signers, signets, signors, singers, sinners, sinters, snoring, sonnets, sorties, sorting, stinger, stogies, stoners, stonier, stoning, stonish, stories, storing, strings, tensing, tension, tensors, thinner, thiones, thrones, throngs, tigress, tinhorn, tinners, tossing, triones

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word shortenings

SHORTENINGS
(144)
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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In shortenings

SHORTENINGS
(144)
SHORTENINGS
(144)
SHORTENINGS
(96)
SHORTENINGS
(96)
NOTHING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SIGHERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHOEING
(95 = 45 + 50)
OGREISH
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RESIGHT
(95 = 45 + 50)
SIGHTER
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SIGHERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SIGHTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
NOTHING
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHORING
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THRONGS
(95 = 45 + 50)
HORSING
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HOSTING
(95 = 45 + 50)
HOGTIES
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHORING
(94 = 44 + 50)
OGREISH
(94 = 44 + 50)
HORSING
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHOEING
(94 = 44 + 50)
RESIGHT
(94 = 44 + 50)
NOTHING
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SIGHERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
SIGHTER
(94 = 44 + 50)
HOSTING
(94 = 44 + 50)
THRONGS
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HOGTIES
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHORTEN
(92 = 42 + 50)
HEROINS
(92 = 42 + 50)
HORNETS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHINERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THINNER
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STONISH
(92 = 42 + 50)
HISTONE
(92 = 42 + 50)
INSHORE
(92 = 42 + 50)
TINHORN
(92 = 42 + 50)
THRONES
(92 = 42 + 50)
TINHORN
(92 = 42 + 50)
INSHORE
(92 = 42 + 50)
HOSIERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHRINES
(92 = 42 + 50)
HOTNESS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THIONES
(92 = 42 + 50)
INSHORE
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHRINES
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHORTEN
(90 = 40 + 50)
THINNER
(90 = 40 + 50)
HORNETS
(90 = 40 + 50)
THRONES
(90 = 40 + 50)
HEROINS
(90 = 40 + 50)
STONISH
(90 = 40 + 50)
HOTNESS
(90 = 40 + 50)
HISTONE
(90 = 40 + 50)
THIONES
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHINERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
TINHORN
(90 = 40 + 50)
HOSIERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHORING
(89 = 39 + 50)
THRONGS
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOSTING
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOGTIES
(89 = 39 + 50)
HORSING
(89 = 39 + 50)
OGREISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
NOTHING
(89 = 39 + 50)
RESIGHT
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHOEING
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIGHERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIGHTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHORING
(88 = 38 + 50)
RESIGHT
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHOEING
(88 = 38 + 50)
THRONGS
(88 = 38 + 50)
NOTHING
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOTHING
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOTHING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOTHING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
RESIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHOEING
(86 = 36 + 50)
NOTHING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIGHERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
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OGREISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIGHERS
(86 = 36 + 50)
THIONES
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORING
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORTEN
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOGTIES
(86 = 36 + 50)
OGREISH
(86 = 36 + 50)
RESIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOGTIES
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOSTING
(86 = 36 + 50)
THRONGS
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOSTING
(86 = 36 + 50)
THRONGS
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THRONGS
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SIGHERS
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OGREISH
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THRONGS
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SIGHERS
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RESIGHT
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HOSTING
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SIGHERS
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SHINERS
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RESIGHT
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HORSING
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OGREISH
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HORSING
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OGREISH
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HORSING
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HORSING
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOGTIES
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HOSTING
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SIGHTER
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RESIGHT
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SIGHTER
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SIGHTER
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SIGHTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOGTIES
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THINNER
(86 = 36 + 50)
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SHRINES
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOGTIES
(86 = 36 + 50)
RESIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOGTIES
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HOGTIES
(84 = 34 + 50)
HISTONE
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HORNETS
(83 = 33 + 50)
OGREISH
(83 = 33 + 50)
HISTONE
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOTNESS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HORNETS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HORNETS
(83 = 33 + 50)
STONISH
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHORTEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHRINES
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHORTEN
(83 = 33 + 50)
THINNER
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HOTNESS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOGTIES
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THIONES
(83 = 33 + 50)
THRONGS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOTNESS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOSTING
(83 = 33 + 50)
INSHORE
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOTNESS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HISTONE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHRINES
(83 = 33 + 50)
HISTONE
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHOEING
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOTNESS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HORNETS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOSIERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
INSHORE
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HORNETS
(83 = 33 + 50)
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(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HEROINS
(83 = 33 + 50)
STONISH
(83 = 33 + 50)
HORSING
(83 = 33 + 50)
STONISH
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHINERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHINERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHINERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOSIERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
TINHORN
(83 = 33 + 50)
THINNER
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHINERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
TINHORN
(83 = 33 + 50)
THRONES
(83 = 33 + 50)
TINHORN
(83 = 33 + 50)
TINHORN
(83 = 33 + 50)
SHINERS
(83 = 33 + 50)
TINHORN
(83 = 33 + 50)
SIGHTER
(83 = 33 + 50)
THRONES
(83 = 33 + 50)
HOSIERS
(83 = 33 + 50)

shortenings in Words With Friends™

The word shortenings 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: 17

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

SHORTENINGS
(207)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (75 words)

egoists, engross, ensigns, goiters, goitres, goriest, heroins, histone, hogties, hornets, horsing, hosiers, hosting, hotness, ignores, ingests, ingress, inserts, inshore, interns, intoner, intones, introns, nesting, norites, nosiest, nothing, ogreish, orients, regions, renting, resight, resigns, resting, rosiest, seniors, sensing, shiners, shoeing, shoring, shorten, shrines, sighers, sighter, signers, signets, signors, singers, sinners, sinters, snoring, sonnets, sorties, sorting, stinger, stogies, stoners, stonier, stoning, stonish, stories, storing, strings, tensing, tension, tensors, thinner, thiones, thrones, throngs, tigress, tinhorn, tinners, tossing, triones

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word shortenings

SHORTENINGS
(207)
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(189)
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(189)
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(114)
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(114)
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(80)
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(80)
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(76)
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(75)
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(72)
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(68)
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(68)
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(68)
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(63)
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(50)
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(46)
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(46)
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(42)
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(34)
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(20)

The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In shortenings

SHORTENINGS
(207)
SHORTENINGS
(189)
SHORTENINGS
(189)
SHORTENINGS
(114)
SHORTENINGS
(114)
NOTHING
(104 = 69 + 35)
HOGTIES
(104 = 69 + 35)
NOTHING
(98 = 63 + 35)
NOTHING
(98 = 63 + 35)
THINNER
(98 = 63 + 35)
THRONGS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHOEING
(95 = 60 + 35)
HOSTING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHOEING
(95 = 60 + 35)
HORSING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHORING
(95 = 60 + 35)
THRONGS
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHORING
(95 = 60 + 35)
SHINERS
(95 = 60 + 35)
HORSING
(95 = 60 + 35)
HOSTING
(95 = 60 + 35)
INSHORE
(95 = 60 + 35)
NOTHING
(92 = 57 + 35)
OGREISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
NOTHING
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NOTHING
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RESIGHT
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RENTING
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TINHORN
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NOTHING
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SNORING
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SIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
SENSING
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TINHORN
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SIGHERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
ENSIGNS
(92 = 57 + 35)
OGREISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
STONING
(92 = 57 + 35)
NESTING
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SIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
RESIGHT
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
TENSING
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STONING
(92 = 57 + 35)
SINGERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
INGRESS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIGNORS
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TOSSING
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SHOEING
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SINGERS
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SHOEING
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STINGER
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HISTONE
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REGIONS
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THRONES
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RESTING
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SHRINES
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SHORTEN
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IGNORES
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THRONGS
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RESIGNS
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ENGROSS
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HEROINS
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INGESTS
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SHOEING
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SIGNERS
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SHORING
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HOTNESS
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SHORING
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THRONGS
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STONISH
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HORNETS
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SIGNETS
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SHORING
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HOSTING
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SORTING
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STORING
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HORSING
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THIONES
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STRINGS
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INSHORE
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HORSING
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HORSING
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NOTHING
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NOTHING
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NOTHING
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NOTHING
(86 = 51 + 35)
EGOISTS
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GORIEST
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NOTHING
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TINHORN
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THINNER
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TIGRESS
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SENSING
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HOGTIES
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NESTING
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SNORING
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OGREISH
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THINNER
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HOSIERS
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RESIGHT
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OGREISH
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THRONES
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SHORING
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HOSTING
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SIGNETS
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TOSSING
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HOTNESS
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THIONES
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THRONGS
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SORTING
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REGIONS
(83 = 48 + 35)
HORSING
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INSHORE
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STINGER
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INSHORE
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOEING
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HOTNESS
(83 = 48 + 35)
STINGER
(83 = 48 + 35)
HORSING
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIGNORS
(83 = 48 + 35)

Words within the letters of shortenings

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9 letter words in shortenings (6 words)

10 letter words in shortenings (3 words)

11 letter words in shortenings (1 word)

Words containing the sequence shortenings

Words that start with shortenings (1 word)

Words with shortenings in them (1 word)

Words that end with shortenings (1 word)

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