Unscramble DOWNSCALES to get 309 words. DOWNSCALES itself is a real word: 16 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, DOWNSCALE leads with 15 points. It has 10 letters, 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from DOWNSCALES by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 5 with 8, 34 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 28 with 2.
DOWNSCALE is the only one of the 9-letter words in DOWNSCALES; it scores 15 points.
CLOWNED, DECLAWS and SCOWLED are the top 7-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSCALES, 13 points each. SECONDS, CANDLES and DEACONS will look familiar.
Of the 60 6-letter words from DOWNSCALES, 6 score 12 points, the group's best. CLOSED, CANDLE and DANCES are the ones most people know.
The 5-letter words from DOWNSCALES are led by CAWED and COWED, 11 points each. OWNED, DOWNS and CLOWN are the familiar ones.
8 of 60 4-letter words in DOWNSCALES tie at 9 points; none scores more. NEWS, CODE and DOWN will look familiar.
CAW and COW share the top score of 8 among the 3-letter words made with DOWNSCALES letters. NEW, WAS and CAN are the ones most people know.
These 5 words have the length of DOWNSCALES, with one letter different:
More 10-letter words: starting with DO · ending in ES · all 10-letter words
The 8 best-scoring answers and what they mean, led by CLOWNED, DECLAWS and SCOWLED (13 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DOWNSCALES 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNSCALES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 309) | 243 | 309 | 227 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: CLOWED, DOWLASES, SOWCED, COWALS, COWANS, DOWLNES, SOWCES, WALDOES, WANDLES, WESANDS, CLOWS, COWAL and 54 more, 66 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOWNLESS, DWALES, LAWNED, SECONALS, CLASSON, DECANS, DWALE, SECONAL, CAL, ECO, EW, LOC and 4 more, 16 in all.