189 words come out when you unscramble DOWNLIGHT, starting with DOWNLIGHT itself: 17 in Scrabble, 19 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DOWNLIGHT by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 7, 13 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 21 with 2. None has 8 letters.
The 5-letter words from DOWNLIGHT are led by WIDTH and WIGHT, 12 points each. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING are the familiar ones.
DHOW, WHID and WHIG are the top 4-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNLIGHT, 11 points each. DOWN, GOLD and TOWN will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words from DOWNLIGHT, HOW and WHO tie for first at 9 points. NOW, TWO and OWN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DOWNLIGHT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in HT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HOWLING (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
DOWNLIGHT 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNLIGHT itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 189) | 151 | 189 | 142 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 38 of them: LOWTING, THOWL, OWLING, THINGO, WHIO, WHOT, HOING, LOWND, WONGI, DHOL, DOWL, DOWT and 26 more. Words With Friends* skips 9 of them: DOWNLIGHT, HONGI, GOTH, DOH, LOGIN, OWT, DINO, GI and OI.
With one more tile, the letters of DOWNLIGHT spell the words below.