Definition of shortsighted

"shortsighted" in the adjective sense

1. short, shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic

lacking foresight or scope

"a short view of the problem"

"shortsighted policies"

"shortsighted critics derided the plan"

"myopic thinking"

2. nearsighted, shortsighted, myopic

unable to see distant objects clearly

3. ill-considered, ill-judged, improvident, shortsighted

not given careful consideration

"ill-considered actions often result in disaster"

"an ill-judged attempt"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

Princeton University "About WordNet®."
WordNet®. Princeton University. 2010.


View WordNet® License

shortsighted in Scrabble®

The word shortsighted 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: 20

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters shortsighted:

SHORTSIGHTED
(225)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (61 words)

dehorts, detorts, digests, digress, distort, dithers, dittoes, dogsits, dossier, dotiest, dotters, dottier, editors, egoists, egotist, eighths, ghettos, ghosted, goiters, goitres, goriest, gothish, gothite, gritted, grossed, heights, highest, hitters, hogtied, hogties, hoisted, hosiers, ogreish, resight, righted, roisted, rosiest, shirted, shorted, shotted, sighers, sighted, sighter, sitters, sodgers, sortied, sorties, steroid, stogies, storied, stories, strides, theists, thighed, thirsts, thither, thorite, tierods, tighter, tigress, tithers

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word shortsighted

SHORTSIGHTED
(225)
SHORTSIGHTED
(207)
SHORTSIGHTED
(150)
SHORTSIGHTED
(138)
SHORTSIGHTED
(92)
SHORTSIGHTED
(92)
SHORTSIGHTED
(92)
SHORTSIGHTED
(88)
SHORTSIGHTED
(84)
SHORTSIGHTED
(84)
SHORTSIGHTED
(80)
SHORTSIGHTED
(80)
SHORTSIGHTED
(80)
SHORTSIGHTED
(80)
SHORTSIGHTED
(75)
SHORTSIGHTED
(66)
SHORTSIGHTED
(60)
SHORTSIGHTED
(52)
SHORTSIGHTED
(50)
SHORTSIGHTED
(50)
SHORTSIGHTED
(48)
SHORTSIGHTED
(48)
SHORTSIGHTED
(44)
SHORTSIGHTED
(44)
SHORTSIGHTED
(32)
SHORTSIGHTED
(32)
SHORTSIGHTED
(30)
SHORTSIGHTED
(29)
SHORTSIGHTED
(26)
SHORTSIGHTED
(26)
SHORTSIGHTED
(24)
SHORTSIGHTED
(23)

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

SHORTSIGHTED
(225)
SHORTSIGHTED
(207)
SHORTSIGHTED
(150)
SHORTSIGHTED
(138)
THIGHED
(110 = 60 + 50)
THIGHED
(107 = 57 + 50)
THIGHED
(107 = 57 + 50)
HIGHEST
(106 = 56 + 50)
GOTHISH
(106 = 56 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(106 = 56 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(106 = 56 + 50)
HIGHEST
(104 = 54 + 50)
GOTHISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
GOTHISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(104 = 54 + 50)
HIGHEST
(104 = 54 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(104 = 54 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(104 = 54 + 50)
GOTHISH
(104 = 54 + 50)
HIGHEST
(104 = 54 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(104 = 54 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(104 = 54 + 50)
THITHER
(102 = 52 + 50)
THIGHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
THITHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
THIGHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
THIGHED
(101 = 51 + 50)
THITHER
(101 = 51 + 50)
GHOSTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
THIGHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
SIGHTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(98 = 48 + 50)
GHOSTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
THIGHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
HOGTIED
(98 = 48 + 50)
THIGHED
(98 = 48 + 50)
HOGTIED
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SIGHTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
RIGHTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(98 = 48 + 50)
SIGHTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
RIGHTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
HIGHEST
(98 = 48 + 50)
GOTHISH
(98 = 48 + 50)
RIGHTED
(98 = 48 + 50)
THIGHED
(96 = 46 + 50)
THIGHED
(96 = 46 + 50)
HOISTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
THIGHED
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHOTTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SIGHTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
SIGHTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
DEHORTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
TIGHTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
HOGTIES
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHORTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
OGREISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(95 = 45 + 50)
RESIGHT
(95 = 45 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SIGHERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
HIGHEST
(95 = 45 + 50)
GOTHISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
GOTHISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
TIGHTER
(95 = 45 + 50)
GOTHITE
(95 = 45 + 50)
GOTHITE
(95 = 45 + 50)
HIGHEST
(95 = 45 + 50)
GOTHISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
SHIRTED
(95 = 45 + 50)
HIGHEST
(95 = 45 + 50)
HIGHEST
(95 = 45 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
DITHERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
DITHERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
SIGHERS
(95 = 45 + 50)
GOTHISH
(95 = 45 + 50)
GHETTOS
(95 = 45 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(95 = 45 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(94 = 44 + 50)
GOTHITE
(94 = 44 + 50)
SIGHERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
RESIGHT
(94 = 44 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHIRTED
(94 = 44 + 50)
GHETTOS
(94 = 44 + 50)
SIGHTER
(94 = 44 + 50)
OGREISH
(94 = 44 + 50)
HOISTED
(94 = 44 + 50)
TIGHTER
(94 = 44 + 50)
DEHORTS
(94 = 44 + 50)
HOGTIES
(94 = 44 + 50)
DITHERS
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHOTTED
(94 = 44 + 50)
SHORTED
(94 = 44 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
GHOSTED
(92 = 42 + 50)
THORITE
(92 = 42 + 50)
GOTHISH
(92 = 42 + 50)
HOGTIED
(92 = 42 + 50)
THITHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
THIRSTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THITHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
TITHERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THITHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
GHOSTED
(92 = 42 + 50)
RIGHTED
(92 = 42 + 50)
THITHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
EIGHTHS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THITHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
SIGHTED
(92 = 42 + 50)
HITTERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SIGHTED
(92 = 42 + 50)
HOGTIED
(92 = 42 + 50)
TITHERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
THITHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
THITHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
RIGHTED
(92 = 42 + 50)
HIGHEST
(92 = 42 + 50)
THITHER
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHORTSIGHTED
(92)
THEISTS
(92 = 42 + 50)
HOSIERS
(92 = 42 + 50)
SHORTSIGHTED
(92)
SHORTSIGHTED
(92)
THIGHED
(92 = 42 + 50)
HOSIERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
HIGHEST
(90 = 40 + 50)
THEISTS
(90 = 40 + 50)
TITHERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
GHOSTED
(90 = 40 + 50)
THIRSTS
(90 = 40 + 50)
HITTERS
(90 = 40 + 50)
THORITE
(90 = 40 + 50)
SHOTTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOGTIED
(89 = 39 + 50)
GHOSTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
GHOSTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIGHERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIGHTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOGTIED
(89 = 39 + 50)
GHOSTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
RIGHTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOISTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
GOTHITE
(89 = 39 + 50)
TIGHTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIGHTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOGTIED
(89 = 39 + 50)
DITHERS
(89 = 39 + 50)
RIGHTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
GHOSTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHIRTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIGHTER
(89 = 39 + 50)
RIGHTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
THITHER
(89 = 39 + 50)
OGREISH
(89 = 39 + 50)
DEHORTS
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOGTIED
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOGTIES
(89 = 39 + 50)
SHORTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIGHTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
RIGHTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
RESIGHT
(89 = 39 + 50)
SIGHTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
GHETTOS
(89 = 39 + 50)
HOGTIED
(89 = 39 + 50)
GHOSTED
(89 = 39 + 50)
RESIGHT
(88 = 38 + 50)
THIGHED
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHIRTED
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHORTED
(88 = 38 + 50)
GOTHISH
(88 = 38 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(88 = 38 + 50)
THIGHED
(88 = 38 + 50)
DEHORTS
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHORTSIGHTED
(88)
GHETTOS
(88 = 38 + 50)
SHOTTED
(88 = 38 + 50)
HEIGHTS
(88 = 38 + 50)
GHETTOS
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
RESIGHT
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIGHTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
DEHORTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
HIGHEST
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
GROSSED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SIGHTER
(86 = 36 + 50)
DEHORTS
(86 = 36 + 50)
HOGTIED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHIRTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
SHORTED
(86 = 36 + 50)
THIRSTS
(86 = 36 + 50)

shortsighted in Words With Friends™

The word shortsighted 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: 19

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters shortsighted:

SHORTSIGHTED
(243)
SHORTSIGHTED
(243)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (61 words)

dehorts, detorts, digests, digress, distort, dithers, dittoes, dogsits, dossier, dotiest, dotters, dottier, editors, egoists, egotist, eighths, ghettos, ghosted, goiters, goitres, goriest, gothish, gothite, gritted, grossed, heights, highest, hitters, hogtied, hogties, hoisted, hosiers, ogreish, resight, righted, roisted, rosiest, shirted, shorted, shotted, sighers, sighted, sighter, sitters, sodgers, sortied, sorties, steroid, stogies, storied, stories, strides, theists, thighed, thirsts, thither, thorite, tierods, tighter, tigress, tithers

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word shortsighted

SHORTSIGHTED
(243)
SHORTSIGHTED
(243)
SHORTSIGHTED
(207)
SHORTSIGHTED
(207)
SHORTSIGHTED
(162)
SHORTSIGHTED
(150)
SHORTSIGHTED
(96)
SHORTSIGHTED
(84)
SHORTSIGHTED
(80)
SHORTSIGHTED
(80)
SHORTSIGHTED
(76)
SHORTSIGHTED
(76)
SHORTSIGHTED
(76)
SHORTSIGHTED
(76)
SHORTSIGHTED
(54)
SHORTSIGHTED
(54)
SHORTSIGHTED
(54)
SHORTSIGHTED
(46)
SHORTSIGHTED
(46)
SHORTSIGHTED
(46)
SHORTSIGHTED
(29)
SHORTSIGHTED
(28)
SHORTSIGHTED
(26)
SHORTSIGHTED
(25)
SHORTSIGHTED
(24)
SHORTSIGHTED
(24)
SHORTSIGHTED
(23)
SHORTSIGHTED
(23)
SHORTSIGHTED
(23)
SHORTSIGHTED
(22)
SHORTSIGHTED
(22)
SHORTSIGHTED
(21)

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

SHORTSIGHTED
(243)
SHORTSIGHTED
(243)
SHORTSIGHTED
(207)
SHORTSIGHTED
(207)
SHORTSIGHTED
(162)
SHORTSIGHTED
(150)
THIGHED
(113 = 78 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(110 = 75 + 35)
HIGHEST
(110 = 75 + 35)
HOGTIED
(107 = 72 + 35)
THIGHED
(107 = 72 + 35)
HOGTIES
(104 = 69 + 35)
THIGHED
(101 = 66 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(98 = 63 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
GOTHISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(98 = 63 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
GOTHISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
HIGHEST
(98 = 63 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
GOTHISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(98 = 63 + 35)
GOTHISH
(98 = 63 + 35)
HIGHEST
(98 = 63 + 35)
SHORTSIGHTED
(96)
DIGRESS
(95 = 60 + 35)
DOGSITS
(95 = 60 + 35)
DEHORTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
RIGHTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIGHTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
RIGHTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
THIGHED
(95 = 60 + 35)
GHOSTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIGHTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
RIGHTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
DIGESTS
(95 = 60 + 35)
GHOSTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
SIGHTED
(95 = 60 + 35)
THIGHED
(95 = 60 + 35)
THIGHED
(95 = 60 + 35)
TIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
TIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
GOTHITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
OGREISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
TIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
GOTHITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
GOTHITE
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHTER
(92 = 57 + 35)
GOTHISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
THITHER
(92 = 57 + 35)
RESIGHT
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
GOTHISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(92 = 57 + 35)
GHETTOS
(92 = 57 + 35)
GOTHISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
GOTHISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
GHETTOS
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
SIGHERS
(92 = 57 + 35)
RESIGHT
(92 = 57 + 35)
OGREISH
(92 = 57 + 35)
THITHER
(92 = 57 + 35)
HIGHEST
(92 = 57 + 35)
HIGHEST
(92 = 57 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(92 = 57 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(92 = 57 + 35)
HIGHEST
(92 = 57 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(92 = 57 + 35)
THIGHED
(91 = 56 + 35)
THIGHED
(91 = 56 + 35)
THIGHED
(91 = 56 + 35)
SHIRTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
GROSSED
(89 = 54 + 35)
HOGTIED
(89 = 54 + 35)
GHOSTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
HOGTIED
(89 = 54 + 35)
RIGHTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
SODGERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
HOISTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIGHTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
SODGERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
THIGHED
(89 = 54 + 35)
GHOSTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIGHTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
RIGHTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHORTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
RIGHTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
GRITTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
GHOSTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
DITHERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
SIGHTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
SHOTTED
(89 = 54 + 35)
THIGHED
(89 = 54 + 35)
DITHERS
(89 = 54 + 35)
HIGHEST
(87 = 52 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(87 = 52 + 35)
GOTHISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
GOTHISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(87 = 52 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(87 = 52 + 35)
GOTHISH
(87 = 52 + 35)
HIGHEST
(87 = 52 + 35)
HIGHEST
(87 = 52 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(87 = 52 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(87 = 52 + 35)
HEIGHTS
(87 = 52 + 35)
TITHERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
STOGIES
(86 = 51 + 35)
THITHER
(86 = 51 + 35)
GOTHITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
TIGRESS
(86 = 51 + 35)
GOITRES
(86 = 51 + 35)
HIGHEST
(86 = 51 + 35)
HITTERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
SIGHTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
EGOTIST
(86 = 51 + 35)
GHETTOS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TITHERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
GOTHITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
HOSIERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
GOITERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(86 = 51 + 35)
RESIGHT
(86 = 51 + 35)
GHETTOS
(86 = 51 + 35)
STOGIES
(86 = 51 + 35)
TIGHTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
SIGHERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
TIGHTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
THEISTS
(86 = 51 + 35)
THIRSTS
(86 = 51 + 35)
EGOISTS
(86 = 51 + 35)
SIGHTER
(86 = 51 + 35)
HOGTIES
(86 = 51 + 35)
SIGHERS
(86 = 51 + 35)
OGREISH
(86 = 51 + 35)
OGREISH
(86 = 51 + 35)
GORIEST
(86 = 51 + 35)
THORITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
GOTHITE
(86 = 51 + 35)
SHORTSIGHTED
(84)
DITHERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
HOGTIED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SODGERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
GHOSTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
DITHERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
HOGTIED
(83 = 48 + 35)
GHOSTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIGHTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
GHOSTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
HOGTIED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHIRTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
RIGHTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
HOISTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SODGERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
SODGERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIGHTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
DITHERS
(83 = 48 + 35)
HOGTIED
(83 = 48 + 35)
HOGTIED
(83 = 48 + 35)
HOISTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
HOGTIED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHIRTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
GHOSTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
GHOSTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
RIGHTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
THIGHED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIGHTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRITTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SIGHTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOTTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
RIGHTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
GRITTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
THIGHED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHORTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
GROSSED
(83 = 48 + 35)
GROSSED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHORTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
RIGHTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
SHOTTED
(83 = 48 + 35)
EIGHTHS
(80 = 45 + 35)
HIGHEST
(80 = 45 + 35)
THIRSTS
(80 = 45 + 35)
GOTHISH
(80 = 45 + 35)
THITHER
(80 = 45 + 35)
GHETTOS
(80 = 45 + 35)
GOITERS
(80 = 45 + 35)
TIGHTER
(80 = 45 + 35)
SHORTSIGHTED
(80)
SHORTSIGHTED
(80)
GHETTOS
(80 = 45 + 35)
TITHERS
(80 = 45 + 35)
HOSIERS
(80 = 45 + 35)
THORITE
(80 = 45 + 35)
OGREISH
(80 = 45 + 35)

Words within the letters of shortsighted

2 letter words in shortsighted (14 words)

9 letter words in shortsighted (5 words)

10 letter words in shortsighted (1 word)

12 letter words in shortsighted (1 word)

shortsighted + 2 blanks (1 word)

Words containing the sequence shortsighted

Words that start with shortsighted (3 words)

Words with shortsighted in them (1 word)

Words that end with shortsighted (1 word)

Word Growth involving shortsighted

Shorter words in shortsighted

or short shorts

sigh sight sighted

Longer words containing shortsighted

shortsightedly

shortsightedness