Unscramble DOWNLIGHTS and you have 302 words, DOWNLIGHTS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DOWNLIGHTS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 29 with 7, 59 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 27 with 2.
DOWNLIGHT is the only one of the 9-letter words in DOWNLIGHTS; it scores 17 points.
HOWLING and SHOWING are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNLIGHTS, 14 points each. HOSTING, HOLDING and SLOWING will look familiar.
The 6-letter words from DOWNLIGHTS are led by WIDTHS and WIGHTS, 13 points each. THINGS, LIGHTS and NIGHTS are the familiar ones.
6 of 60 5-letter words in DOWNLIGHTS tie at 12 points; none scores more. NIGHT, LIGHT and THING will look familiar.
DHOW, WHID and WHIG share the top score of 11 among the 4-letter words made with DOWNLIGHTS letters. SHOW, DOWN and WISH are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNLIGHTS, HOW and WHO tie for first at 9 points. NOW, TWO and OWN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DOWNLIGHTS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DO · ending in TS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with HOWLING and SHOWING (14 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
In Scrabble, yes: DOWNLIGHTS is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK. It is not in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNLIGHTS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 302) | 231 | 302 | 208 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHOWDING, HOWLINGS, SOWTHING, WHOLIST, DISGOWN, GOLDISH, SHOWD, SLOTHING, THOWLS, HOLINGS, LOWSING, LOWTING and 59 more, 71 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOWNLIGHTS, DOWNLIGHT, WHOSIT, SHLONG, GOTHS, HONGI, SHOGI, DINGOS, DOHS, DOSH, GOTH, SIDH and 11 more, 23 in all.