SHORT — 5 letter word
short
The word short has 5 letters: S, H, O, R, T. It contains 1 vowel and 4 consonants. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Short has 1 anagram: horst. As a adverb, it means "quickly and without warning".
5 letter word "short": S H O R T — adverb
Scrabble score: 8 Words With Friends score: 7
Letter analysis of short
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| S | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| H | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| T | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 4 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of short
adverb
- quickly and without warning Synonyms: abruptly
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner Synonyms: shortly
- at a disadvantage "I was caught short" Synonyms: unawares
- so as to interrupt "I took them up short before they could continue."
- at some point or distance before a goal is reached "They fell short of our expectations."
- clean across "the car's axle snapped short"
- without possessing something at the time it is contractually sold "They made their fortune by selling short just before the crash."
adjective
- tending to crumble or break into flakes due to a large amount of shortening "shortbread is a short crumbly cookie"
- (primarily spatial sense) having little length or lacking in length "short skirts"
- primarily temporal sense Synonyms: long
- of speech sounds or syllables of relatively short duration "the English vowel sounds in `pat', `pet', `pit', `pot', putt' are short"
- not holding securities or commodities that one sells in expectation of a fall in prices "a short sale"
- lacking foresight or scope "a short view of the problem" Synonyms: shortsighted, unforesightful, myopic
- (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range "a short memory" Synonyms: forgetful, unretentive
- not sufficient to meet a need Synonyms: inadequate, poor
- less than the correct or legal or full amount often deliberately so Synonyms: light, scant
- low in stature Synonyms: little
- marked by rude or peremptory shortness Synonyms: curt
noun
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base Synonyms: shortstop
- the location on a baseball field where the shortstop is stationed
- accidental contact between two points in an electric circuit that have a potential difference Synonyms: short circuit
verb
- create a short circuit in Synonyms: short-circuit
- cheat someone by not returning him enough money Synonyms: short-change
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