8 letters · 13 points in Scrabble
noun a route shorter than the usual one
originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker-der.? Proto-Germanic *skertaną Proto-Germanic *skurtaz Proto-West Germanic *skurt Old English sċort Middle English schort English short English cut English shortcut From short + cut.
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