Unscramble DOWNSCALE to get 285 words. DOWNSCALE itself is a real word: 15 points on a Scrabble board, 18 in Words With Friends. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2O1W4N12S1C34A1L12E1
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from DOWNSCALE by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 15 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in DOWNSCALE: CELADONS, 11 points.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DOWNSCALE, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. SECOND, CLOSED and CANDLE are the ones most people know.
Among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSCALE, CAWED and COWED tie for first at 11 points. OWNED, DOWNS and CLOWN are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words in DOWNSCALE, the top score is 9, reached by 8. NEWS, CODE and DOWN are the familiar ones.
Among the 3-letter words made with DOWNSCALE letters, CAW and COW tie for first at 8 points. NEW, WAS and CAN are everyday picks.
Keep every letter of DOWNSCALE but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in LE · all 9-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CLOWNED, DECLAWS and SCOWLED (13 points each).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DOWNSCALE is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNSCALE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 285) | 228 | 285 | 215 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
57 of the 285 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOWED, SOWCED, COWALS, COWANS, DOWLNES, WALDOES, WANDLES, CLOWS, COWAL, COWAN, DOWLAS, DOWLES and 45 more. 13 of the 285 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DWALES, LAWNED, DECANS, DWALE, SECONAL, CAL, ECO, EW, LOC, SOC, DAN, DAS and 1 more.
These 3 words take every letter of DOWNSCALE plus a single extra one.