222 words come out when you unscramble DOWNCRYING, starting with DOWNCRYING itself: 20 in Scrabble, 23 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DOWNCRYING by length: 1 with 10 letters, 4 with 8, 12 with 7, 22 with 6, 49 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 17 with 2. None has 9 letters.
CROWDY tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNCRYING at 15 points; next come WRYING and YOWING on 13. CODING, CRYING and DRYING will look familiar.
The best of the 5-letter words from DOWNCRYING is COWRY, 13 points; DOWNY and DOWRY on 12 follow. DOING, WRONG and CROWN are everyday picks.
COWY tops the 4-letter words from DOWNCRYING at 12 points; next come WYND on 11 and NOWY on 10. DOWN, WORD and WIND will look familiar.
The 3-letter words in DOWNCRYING are led by WRY, WYN and YOW, 9 points each. NOW, OWN and GOD are the familiar ones.
This word has the length of DOWNCRYING, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CROWDING and CROWDY (15 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DOWNCRYING, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNCRYING itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 222) | 174 | 221 | 164 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOWNCRYING, DOWNCRY, GYRONIC, ROWNDING, GIRONNY, ROYNING, YCOND, NOWY, NOYING, WONING, DONNY, DRONY and 36 more, 48 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: CRINGY, GRODY, RINDY, GYNO, CIG, DINO, RONIN, ORG, GI and OI, 10 in all. Not in Scrabble UK: GOY.