foreshortening
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- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 14
Definition of foreshortening
3 senses · 2 parts of speech
noun
- (countable, uncountable)A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)A technique for creating the appearance that the object of a drawing is extending into space by shortening the lines with which that object is drawn.
- (countable, uncountable)A similar contracted appearance in film or photography, etc.
verb
- (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of foreshorten
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Words you can make from foreshortening
200+ playable · top: FRIGHTENERS (18 pts)
Best play frighteners 18 points11-letter words
4 words10-letter words
19 words- FREIGHTERS 17 pts
- FRESHENING 17 pts
- FRIGHTENER 17 pts
- REFRESHING 17 pts
- FIRETHORNS 16 pts
- SHOREFRONT 16 pts
- FERRETINGS 14 pts
- FESTOONING 14 pts
- FOREIGNERS 14 pts
- GREENHORNS 14 pts
- REFRONTING 14 pts
- RESHOOTING 14 pts
- SHORTENING 14 pts
- THEOGONIES 14 pts
- INTERFERON 13 pts
- RHINESTONE 13 pts
- THREONINES 13 pts
- ONTOGENIES 11 pts
- NONRIOTERS 10 pts
9-letter words
60 words- FORESIGHT 16 pts
- FREIGHTER 16 pts
- FRIGHTENS 16 pts
- FROTHINGS 16 pts
- FENTHIONS 15 pts
- FIRETHORN 15 pts
- FORESHORE 15 pts
- ENSERFING 13 pts
- FERRETING 13 pts
- FESTERING 13 pts
- FINGERERS 13 pts
- FOREGOERS 13 pts
- FOREIGNER 13 pts
- FORESTING 13 pts
- FORGERIES 13 pts
- FOSTERING 13 pts
- GREENHORN 13 pts
- NORTHINGS 13 pts
- OTHERINGS 13 pts
- REGIFTERS 13 pts
- REROOFING 13 pts
- RESHOEING 13 pts
- SOFTENING 13 pts
- ENTHRONES 12 pts
- FIRESTONE 12 pts
- FRONTENIS 12 pts
- FRONTIERS 12 pts
- HERONRIES 12 pts
- HORNSTONE 12 pts
- INTHRONES 12 pts
- NONHEROES 12 pts
- NORTHERNS 12 pts
- ROOFTREES 12 pts
- SHORTENER 12 pts
- THREONINE 12 pts
- TORREFIES 12 pts
- ENROOTING 10 pts
- ERIGERONS 10 pts
- GOONERIES 10 pts
- NITROGENS 10 pts
- OESTROGEN 10 pts
- OROGENIES 10 pts
- RENESTING 10 pts
- RERENTING 10 pts
- RESENTING 10 pts
- RESORTING 10 pts
- RESTORING 10 pts
- RINGTONES 10 pts
- ROENTGENS 10 pts
- ROSTERING 10 pts
- STEREOING 10 pts
- IRONSTONE 9 pts
- NONRIOTER 9 pts
- ORIENTERS 9 pts
- ORNERIEST 9 pts
- REORIENTS 9 pts
- RETORSION 9 pts
- ROTENONES 9 pts
- SEROTONIN 9 pts
- TENSIONER 9 pts
8-letter words
116 words- FIGHTERS 15 pts
- FOGHORNS 15 pts
- FREIGHTS 15 pts
- FRESHING 15 pts
- FRIGHTEN 15 pts
- FROTHING 15 pts
- REFIGHTS 15 pts
- FENTHION 14 pts
- FIREHOSE 14 pts
- FROTHERS 14 pts
- FROTHIER 14 pts
- FEIGNERS 12 pts
- FIGTREES 12 pts
- FINGERER 12 pts
- FOOTINGS 12 pts
- FOREGOER 12 pts
- FOREGOES 12 pts
- FOREGONE 12 pts
- FORGOERS 12 pts
- FRONTING 12 pts
- FROSTING 12 pts
- GHOSTIER 12 pts
- GOOFIEST 12 pts
- GOREFEST 12 pts
- GREENISH 12 pts
- GREENTHS 12 pts
- GRIFTERS 12 pts
- HERRINGS 12 pts
- HISTOGEN 12 pts
- HONORING 12 pts
- HORNINGS 12 pts
- NORTHING 12 pts
- NOTHINGS 12 pts
- OTHERING 12 pts
- REFORGES 12 pts
- REGIFTER 12 pts
- REHINGES 12 pts
- RIGHTERS 12 pts
- ROOFINGS 12 pts
- SEETHING 12 pts
- SENNIGHT 12 pts
- ENSHRINE 11 pts
- ENTHRONE 11 pts
- ERRHINES 11 pts
- FENNIEST 11 pts
- FERNIEST 11 pts
- FERNINST 11 pts
- FERRITES 11 pts
- FORESTER 11 pts
- FOSTERER 11 pts
- FRONTIER 11 pts
- FRONTONS 11 pts
- FROSTIER 11 pts
- HEREINTO 11 pts
- HERITORS 11 pts
- HEROINES 11 pts
- HONESTER 11 pts
- HONOREES 11 pts
- HONORERS 11 pts
- HORNIEST 11 pts
- HORNITOS 11 pts
- INFERNOS 11 pts
- INFESTER 11 pts
- INHERENT 11 pts
- INTHRONE 11 pts
- ISOTHERE 11 pts
- NORTHERN 11 pts
- NORTHERS 11 pts
- ORNITHES 11 pts
- REFINERS 11 pts
- REFOREST 11 pts
- REFRONTS 11 pts
- RESOFTEN 11 pts
- ROOFTREE 11 pts
- ROTIFERS 11 pts
- EGESTION 9 pts
- ENTERING 9 pts
- ERIGERON 9 pts
- ERINGOES 9 pts
- ESTROGEN 9 pts
- GENITORS 9 pts
- GENTRIES 9 pts
- GOONIEST 9 pts
- GRINNERS 9 pts
- IGNORERS 9 pts
- INTEGERS 9 pts
- IONOGENS 9 pts
- NEGRONIS 9 pts
- NITROGEN 9 pts
- OOGENIES 9 pts
- REESTING 9 pts
- REGISTER 9 pts
- RESIGNER 9 pts
- RESTRING 9 pts
- RINGSTER 9 pts
- RINGTONE 9 pts
- ROENTGEN 9 pts
- RONTGENS 9 pts
- ROOSTING 9 pts
- ENTERONS 8 pts
- INSERTER 8 pts
- INTENSER 8 pts
- INTERNES 8 pts
- INTONERS 8 pts
- INTRORSE 8 pts
- NORTENOS 8 pts
- NOTORNIS 8 pts
- OESTRONE 8 pts
- ONERIEST 8 pts
- ORIENTER 8 pts
- REINSERT 8 pts
- REINTERS 8 pts
- RENTIERS 8 pts
- REORIENT 8 pts
- ROOTSIER 8 pts
- ROTENONE 8 pts
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