253 words come out when you unscramble DOWNINESS, starting with DOWNINESS itself: 13 in Scrabble, 15 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 11: 4 of them, DISOWNS, DOWNIES and ENWINDS included. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from DOWNINESS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 10 with 7, 41 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 23 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 41 6-letter words in DOWNINESS, the top score is 10, reached by 14. NOISES is the familiar one.
18 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNINESS tie at 9 points; none scores more. OWNED, NOISE and SIDES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DOWNINESS, 9 score 8 points, the group's best. NEWS, DOES and SEND are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words from DOWNINESS, DEW, DOW and WED tie for first at 7 points. NEW, ONE and NOW are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DOWNINESS for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in SS · all 9-letter words
DOWNINESS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DOWNINESS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNINESS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 253) | 195 | 253 | 182 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 58 of them: DOWNIES, WINDSES, INDEWS, SOWNDS, SOWSED, INDEW, NOWED, SEWINS, SOWND, SOWNES, WEIDS, DONNIES and 46 more. Words With Friends* skips 13 of them: DOWNINESS, SWINES, OWIES, OWIE, DESIS, DINOS, DENI, DESI, DINO, EW, NONIS, EDS and 1 more.