shortening is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE)

(US cooking) Fat that is solid at room temperature, especially hydrogenated vegetable oil (known as vegetable shortening), used to make shortcrust pastry and in deep fat frying.
verbal noun of shorten.: the process by which something is made shorter; a reduction in length.
• Antonym: extension, lengthening

Verb

present participle and gerund of shorten

shortening is a Scrabble valid word

shortening

• International English (Sowpods) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✔
• US English (TWL06) - The word is valid in Scrabble ✔
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shortening is an iScramble, QuickWords valid word

shortening

• The word is valid in iScramble ✔
• The word is valid in QuickWords ✔
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Same letters words (Anagrams)

• HERINGTONS

Same letters plus one

• DETHRONINGS
• ENTHRONINGS
• HERRINGTONS
• NONFIGHTERS
• SHERRINGTON
• SHERVINGTON
• SHORTENINGS
• THRINGSTONE

Same letters minus one

• ENHORTING
• HERINGTON
• HONESTING
• HORNSTEIN
• INTEGRONS
• INTERSONG
• INTHRONES
• NITROGENS
• NONRIGHTS
• NORTHINGS
• OTHERINGS
• REHOSTING
• RESTONING
• RINGSTONE
• RINGTONES
• TENSORING
• THREONINS