Unscramble DOWNBEATS to get 273 words. DOWNBEATS itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 17 in Words With Friends. DOWNBEATS has 1 anagram here, BEATDOWNS, scoring 15 like DOWNBEATS itself. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DOWNBEATS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 8 with 7, 46 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 35 with 2.
BOWNED and BOWSED are the top 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNBEATS, 12 points each. WANTED, DONATE and ABSENT will look familiar.
Among the 5-letter words made with DOWNBEATS letters, BAWDS and BOWED tie for first at 11 points. BASED, OWNED and ADOBE are everyday picks.
BAWD tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNBEATS at 10 points; next come BAWN and BOWS on 9. NEWS, DOWN and BAND will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from DOWNBEATS, BOW, WAB and WEB tie for first at 8 points. NEW, WAS and NOW are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DOWNBEATS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What DOWNBEATS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DOWNBEATS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNBEATS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 273) | 221 | 273 | 201 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 52 of them: BOWNED, BOWATS, BOWETS, BOWNES, BATONED, BESAW, BOWAT, BOWES, BOWET, BOWNE, DOWSET, OBTENDS and 40 more. Words With Friends* skips 20 of them: BEATDOWNS, BEATDOWN, BAWNS, NEWBS, SABOTED, ADBOTS, BAWN, NEWB, ADBOT, BENTOS, DOBES, DOBE and 8 more.