Unscramble DAWS and you have 14 words, DAWS itself among them: it scores 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. DAWS has 2 anagrams here, SWAD and WADS, scoring 8 like DAWS itself. DAW and WAD are the best of the shorter words, at 7 points. The 4 letters split into 1 vowel and 3 consonants.
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Counting the words from DAWS by length: 3 with 4 letters, 7 with 3 and 4 with 2.
These 6 words have the length of DAWS, with one letter different:
More 4-letter words: starting with DA · ending in WS · all 4-letter words
DAWS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DAWS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAWS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 14) | 13 | 14 | 11 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Words With Friends* skips 2 of them: DAS and DA. Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 1 of them: SWAD.
Each word below uses all the letters of DAWS and one more.