Scrabble and Words with Friends

• SHORT is a valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• SHORT is a valid Words with Friends word worth 7 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• SHORT is a 5 letter word containing the letters h, o, r, s, t.

Definitions

• short

  noun the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed

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• short

  noun accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference

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• short

  noun the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base

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• short

  verb cheat someone by not returning him enough money

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• short

  verb create a short circuit in

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• short

  adjective primarily temporal sense; indicating or being or seeming to be limited in duration
  a short life
  a short flight
  a short holiday
  a short story
  only a few short months

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• short

  adjective (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length
  short skirts
  short hair
  the board was a foot short
  a short toss

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• short

  adjective low in stature; not tall
  he was short and stocky
  short in stature
  a short smokestack

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• short

  adjective (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range
  a short memory

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• short

  adjective 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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• short

  adjective of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration
  the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short

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• short

  adverb quickly and without warning

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• short

  adverb without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold
  he made his fortune by selling short just before the crash

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• short

  adverb clean across
  the car's axle snapped short

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• short

  adverb at some point or distance before a goal is reached
  he fell short of our expectations

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• short

  adverb so as to interrupt
  She took him up short before he could continue

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• short

  adverb at a disadvantage
  I was caught short

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• short

  adverb in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
  he talked short with everyone
  he said shortly that he didn't like it

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• short

  adjective satellite of insufficient quantity to meet a need
  money is short
  on short rations
  food is in short supply
  short on experience

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• short

  adjective satellite less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so
  regularly gives short weight

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• short

  adjective satellite lacking foresight or scope
  a short view of the problem
  shortsighted policies
  shortsighted critics derided the plan

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• short

  adjective satellite 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

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• short

  adjective satellite marked by rude or peremptory shortness
  the salesgirl was very short with him

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• Lookup SHORT using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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