Unscramble DOWNCAST and you have 191 words, DOWNCAST itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DOWNCAST by length: 1 with 8 letters, 2 with 7, 7 with 6, 43 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
COWAN tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNCAST at 10 points; next come ADOWN and DAWNS on 9. COAST, STAND and WANTS will look familiar.
60 4-letter words from DOWNCAST; 4 of them share the top score of 9. WANT, DOWN and COST are everyday picks.
CAW and COW share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNCAST. NOT, WAS and CAN are the ones most people know.
These 6 words have the length of DOWNCAST, with one letter different:
More 8-letter words: starting with DO · ending in ST · all 8-letter words
What DOWNCAST means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. DOWNCAST is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNCAST itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 191) | 162 | 191 | 152 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
29 of the 191 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOWCAST, COWANS, COWAN, STOWND, DOWNA, DOWTS, SCAW, SOWND, WADTS, ACTONS, DOWT, SCAND and 17 more. 10 of the 191 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SNOWCAT, ASCON, OWTS, OWT, SOC, DAN, DAS, ODA, ATS and DA.
This word takes every letter of DOWNCAST plus a single extra one.