Unscramble CLOSEDOWN to get 268 words. CLOSEDOWN itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, SCOWLED and CLOWNED lead with 13 points. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from CLOSEDOWN split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 14 with 7, 52 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
Among 52 6-letter words from CLOSEDOWN, the top score is 12, reached by 4. SECOND, CLOSED and WOODEN are the familiar ones.
The best of the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOSEDOWN is COWED, 11 points; CLEWS and CLOWN on 10 follow. OWNED, CODES and WOODS are everyday picks.
Of the 60 4-letter words made with CLOSEDOWN letters, 5 score 9 points, the group's best. NEWS, CODE and DOWN are the ones most people know.
COW tops the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble CLOSEDOWN at 8 points; next come DEW and DOW on 7. NEW, ONE and NOW will look familiar.
Trade one tile of CLOSEDOWN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with CL · ending in WN · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with CLOWNED and SCOWLED (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept CLOSEDOWN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLOSEDOWN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 268) | 209 | 268 | 202 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
59 of the 268 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOWED, SOWCED, DOWLNES, WOODENS, CLOWS, DOWLES, DOWLNE, LOWNDS, LOWNED, LOWSED, SOWCE, SOWLED and 47 more. 7 of the 268 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SWOLE, ECO, EW, LOC, SOC, EDS and ONO.
These 2 words take every letter of CLOSEDOWN plus a single extra one.