91 words come out when you unscramble DOWNILY, starting with DOWNILY itself: 14 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are WINDY, DOWNY and DOWLY, 12 points each. The 7 letters split into 2 vowels and 5 consonants. DOWNILY as a single 7-tile play makes 64 in Scrabble, 14 plus the 50 bonus, and 50 in Words With Friends (15 + 35).
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DOWNILY by length: 1 with 7 letters, 9 with 5, 37 with 4, 28 with 3 and 16 with 2. None has 6 letters.
The best of the 4-letter words in DOWNILY is WYND, 11 points; NOWY and OWLY on 10 follow. ONLY, DOWN and WIND are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DOWNILY for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 7-letter words: starting with DO · ending in LY · all 7-letter words
DOWNILY first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DOWNILY is a Scrabble word (Scrabble US and Scrabble UK), though the list Words With Friends is built on leaves it out.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNILY itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 91) | 74 | 91 | 69 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOWLY, NOWY, LOWND, DOWL, YOLD, DOY, NOWL, LOY, NOY, ONY, LIND, NY and 5 more, 17 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOWNILY, OWLY, DINO, LOID and OI, 5 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of DOWNILY and one more.