short
Short can refer to accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference, the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed, or the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base. As a verb, short can mean to cheat someone by not returning them enough money or create a short circuit in.
Length
5
Scrabble
8
WWF
7
Starts
SH
Ends
ORT
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “SHORT” Mean?
/ʃɔːt/
short has 23 documented senses across adjective, noun, adverb, verb.
Adjective
11 sensesprimarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
“a short life”
“a short flight”
“a short holiday”
“a short story”
(primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
“short skirts”
“short hair”
“the board was a foot short”
“a short toss”
low in stature; not tall; describing something or someone with a stature less than normal
“he was short and stocky”
“short in stature”
“a short smokestack”
“a little man”
Synonyms
of insufficient quantity to meet a need
“an inadequate income”
“a poor salary”
“money is short”
“on short rations”
Synonyms
not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices
“a short sale”
“short in cotton”
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of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
“the English vowel sounds in ‘pat’, ‘pet’, ‘pit’, ‘pot’, ‘putt’ are short”
lacking foresight or scope
“a short view of the problem”
“shortsighted policies”
“shortsighted critics derided the plan”
“myopic thinking”
Synonyms
tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening
“shortbread is a short crumbly cookie”
“a short flaky pie crust”
Noun
3 sensesthe location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference
the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base
Synonyms
Adverb
7 sensesclean across
“the car's axle snapped short”
without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
“he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash”
at some point or distance before a goal is reached
“he fell short of our expectations”
so as to interrupt
“She took him up short before he could continue”
Verb
2 sensescheat someone by not returning them enough money
create a short circuit in
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
5
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Word Intelligence
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Definition
primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
Length
5 letters
Starts With
S
Ends With
T
Vowels
1
Consonants
4
Letters
S, H, O, R, T
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★☆☆SHORT has a Scrabble score of 8. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆SHORT is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆SHORT can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆SHORT uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
Letter Intelligence
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
H
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CCVCC
Vowel Share
20%
Consonant Share
80%
Bigrams
SH, HO, OR, RT
Trigrams
SHO, HOR, ORT
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