Unscramble DOWNFORCE and you have 214 words, DOWNFORCE itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DOWNFORCE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 7 with 7, 18 with 6, 47 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 20 with 2.
WOODFERN is the only one of the 8-letter words made with DOWNFORCE letters; it scores 15 points.
The 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNFORCE are led by COWED, CROWD and FROWN, 11 points each. FORCE, OWNER and OWNED are the familiar ones.
DOWF tops the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNFORCE at 11 points; next come FROW and WOOF on 10. CODE, DOWN and FOOD will look familiar.
FEW and WOF share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words from DOWNFORCE. NEW, ONE and NOW are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DOWNFORCE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in CE · all 9-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; WOODFERN (15 points) takes the top spot.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DOWNFORCE, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNFORCE itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 214) | 171 | 214 | 158 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 43 of them: DOWF, DOOFER, WOONED, CONDER, CONF, NOWED, ROWND, WOF, CEROON, DEFO, DOOCE, DROW and 31 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: DOWNFORCE, WOODFERN, WOONERF, FREON, CRED, DEF, FOO, OOF, RONDE, ECO, EW, FE and 1 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DOWNFORCE spell the words below.