203 words come out when you unscramble DOWNSIZING, starting with DOWNSIZING itself: 24 in Scrabble, 27 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter word is DOZINGS, 18 points. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2O1W4N12S1I1Z10I1N12G23
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DOWNSIZING split into 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 4 with 8, 20 with 7, 28 with 6, 24 with 5, 56 with 4, 51 with 3 and 18 with 2.
DISOWNING is the only one of the 9-letter words made with DOWNSIZING letters; it scores 14 points.
The best of the 7-letter words from DOWNSIZING is DOZINGS, 18 points; ZONINGS on 17 and DISGOWN on 12 follow. WINDING and DOWNING are everyday picks.
Among the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSIZING, DOZING leads with 17 points, then SIZING and ZONING on 16. DINING, INDIGO and OWNING are the familiar ones.
ZINGS tops the 5-letter words from DOWNSIZING at 15 points; next come SOZIN on 14 and GOWDS on 10. DOING, WINGS and SWING will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words in DOWNSIZING is SWIZ, 16 points; DZOS and ZIGS on 14 follow. SIGN, DOWN and SONG are everyday picks.
Among the 3-letter words made with DOWNSIZING letters, WIZ leads with 15 points, then DZO and ZIG on 13. NOW, OWN and GOD are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DOWNSIZING but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DO · ending in NG · all 10-letter words
The meaning of DOWNSIZING, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DOWNSIZING works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNSIZING itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 203) | 149 | 203 | 136 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DOZINGS, SWIZ, DZOS, DZO, SOWNDING, DISGOWN, SOZ, ZOS, INSWING, WONINGS, ZO, WONGIS and 42 more, 54 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ZONINGS, DININGS, DINGOS, DINOS, INIONS, DINO, NONIS, GIS, GOS, NONI, SIG, GI and 1 more, 13 in all.
With one more tile, the letters of DOWNSIZING spell the words below.