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Is SHORTENS a Scrabble word?

✔ In our word list SHORTENS is in ENABLE, the open word list behind Words With Friends and most word apps. For official tournament Scrabble, check Merriam-Webster's Scrabble dictionary.

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What does SHORTENS mean?

SHORTENS is a form of SHORTEN.

  1. verbreduce in scope while retaining essential elements
  2. verbmake shorter than originally intended; reduce or retrench in length or duration
  3. verbmake short or shorter

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Our word list is ENABLE, first published in 2000 and still used by most word games.

Meanings come from Princeton WordNet (2011). How common a word is comes from wordfreq.

Look up SHORTENS in Merriam-Webster, Wiktionary, Collins or Dictionary.com. Check it for Scrabble at Merriam-Webster Scrabble.

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Is SHORTENS a Scrabble word?

SHORTENS is in ENABLE, the word list Words With Friends closely matches, and most ENABLE words are playable in North American Scrabble. Confirm tournament validity in the official Scrabble dictionary.

How many points is SHORTENS worth?

SHORTENS is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words With Friends, before bonus squares.

What does SHORTENS mean?

Reduce in scope while retaining essential elements.