Unscramble DOWDINESS and you have 266 words, DOWDINESS itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. 2 anagrams of DOWDINESS are on the page: DISENDOWS and DOWNSIDES, each 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DOWDINESS by length: 3 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 12 with 7, 45 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 59 with 3 and 23 with 2.
4 of 45 6-letter words from DOWDINESS tie at 11 points; none scores more. NOISES, DIODES and DOWNED will look familiar.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWDINESS are led by DOWDS and DOWED, 10 points each. OWNED, SIDES and WINDS are the familiar ones.
DOWD tops the 4-letter words from DOWDINESS at 9 points; next come DEWS and DOWN on 8. NEWS, DOES and DONE will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in DOWDINESS, DEW, DOW and WED tie for first at 7 points. NEW, ONE and NOW are everyday picks.
These 6 words have the length of DOWDINESS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DOWDINESS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DOWDINESS works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWDINESS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 266) | 212 | 266 | 200 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 54 of them: SOWNDED, DOWNIES, WINDSES, DOWDS, INDEWS, SOWNDS, SOWSED, DOWD, INDEW, NOWED, SEWINS, SOWND and 42 more. Words With Friends* skips 12 of them: SWINES, OWIES, SODDIE, OWIE, DESIS, DINOS, DENI, DESI, DINO, EW, EDS and OI.
This word takes every letter of DOWDINESS plus a single extra one.