Unscramble DOWNE and you get 42 words; DOWNE itself is not one of them. The best are OWNED, ENDOW and NOWED at 9 points each. The strongest shorter words are DOWN, OWED and WEND, 8 points each. 5 letters: 2 vowels and 3 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DOWNE split into 3 with 5 letters, 7 with 4, 19 with 3 and 13 with 2.
Trade one tile of DOWNE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 5-letter words: starting with OW · ending in ED · all 5-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with ENDOW and OWNED (9 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DOWNE is not playable as it is in any of the three, yet its letters form 42 words that are.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNE itself | No | No | No |
| Answers accepted (of 42) | 39 | 42 | 38 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
3 of the 42 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: NOWED, DOEN and NED. 1 of the 42 answers is missing from Words With Friends*: EW.
Each word below uses all the letters of DOWNE and one more.