Unscramble DOWNFLOWS and you have 146 words, DOWNFLOWS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. DOWNFLOW is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DOWNFLOWS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 3 with 7, 5 with 6, 32 with 5, 55 with 4, 35 with 3 and 11 with 2.
Among 32 5-letter words from DOWNFLOWS, the top score is 11, reached by 5. FOODS, WOODS and FLOOD are the familiar ones.
WOWF tops the 4-letter words from DOWNFLOWS at 13 points; next come DOWF on 11 and FLOW on 10. DOWN, FOOD and SOON will look familiar.
These 2 words have the length of DOWNFLOWS, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in WS · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 7 highest-scoring answers, starting with LOWDOWNS and SLOWDOWN (15 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble UK accepts DOWNFLOWS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNFLOWS itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 146) | 101 | 146 | 96 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
45 of the 146 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOWNFLOWS, DOWNFLOW, DOWNLOWS, DOWNLOW, ONFLOWS, SWOWND, WOWF, ONFLOW, DOWF, LOWNDS, SOWF, WOFS and 33 more. 5 of the 146 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: FOOS, FOO, OOF, ONOS and ONO.