Unscramble DOWNCRY and you have 71 words, DOWNCRY itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is CROWDY, 15 points. 7 letters: 1 vowel and 6 consonants. DOWNCRY as a single 7-tile play makes 66 in Scrabble, 16 plus the 50 bonus, and 52 in Words With Friends (17 + 35).
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DOWNCRY by length: 1 with 7 letters, 1 with 6, 13 with 5, 17 with 4, 29 with 3 and 10 with 2.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with DOWNCRY letters: CROWDY, 15 points.
Trade one tile of DOWNCRY for another and you can spell these 2 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with DO · ending in RY · all 7-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CROWDY (15 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DOWNCRY, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNCRY itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 71) | 58 | 71 | 58 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
13 of the 71 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOWNCRY, YCOND, NOWY, DRONY, ROWND, DROW, COND, DOY, CRON, NOY, ONY, NY and 1 more.