What does SHORTAGE mean?

Pronunciation
/ˈʃɔrtədʒ/
Letters
8
Scrabble score
12
Words With Friends score
12
How common
Fairly common

Meaning

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”
  2. an acute insufficiency

Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.

Other forms

shortages13

Anagrams of SHORTAGE

No other word in the ENABLE list uses exactly these letters.

Words inside SHORTAGE

346 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.

others9great6 heart8 other8 short8 those8gets5goes5hear7 rest4 age4 ago4 are3 art3 get4 got4has6her6set3 she6the6as2 at2 go3 he5 oh5or2re2 so2 to2

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Questions

Is SHORTAGE a valid word in word games?

SHORTAGE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.

How many points is SHORTAGE worth?

SHORTAGE is worth 12 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.

What words can you make from SHORTAGE?

346 other words, including THE, TO, AS and ARE.