222 words come out when you unscramble DOWNCASTS, starting with DOWNCASTS itself: 15 in Scrabble, 17 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DOWNCASTS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 3 with 7, 17 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 18 with 2.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNCASTS, COWANS leads with 11 points, then SOWNDS and STOWND on 10. STANDS and COASTS are the familiar ones.
COWAN, SCAWS and SCOWS are the top 5-letter words from DOWNCASTS, 10 points each. COSTS, COAST and WANTS will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words in DOWNCASTS, 4 score 9 points, the group's best. WANT, DOWN and TOWN are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words made with DOWNCASTS letters, CAW and COW tie for first at 8 points. NOT, WAS and CAN are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DOWNCASTS for another and you can spell these 3 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in TS · all 9-letter words
What DOWNCASTS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DOWNCASTS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNCASTS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 186 | 222 | 172 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 36 of them: NOWCASTS, NOWCAST, COWANS, STOWNDS, COWAN, SCAWS, SOWNDS, STOWND, DOWNA, DOWTS, SCAW, SOWND and 24 more. Words With Friends* skips 14 of them: SNOWCATS, SNOWCAT, ASCONS, ASCON, OWTS, SOCAS, DOSAS, OWT, SOC, DAN, DAS, ODA and 2 more.