221 words come out when you unscramble DOWNSPOUT, starting with DOWNSPOUT itself: 15 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. Of the shorter words, PUTDOWNS leads with 14 points. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from DOWNSPOUT split into 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 4 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 19 with 2.
POWNDS tops the 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSPOUT at 12 points; next come UPTOWN on 11 and STOWND on 10. POUNDS, WOUNDS and DONUTS will look familiar.
DOWPS and POWND share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words from DOWNSPOUT. SOUND, WOODS and POUND are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words from DOWNSPOUT is DOWP, 10 points; POWN and POWS on 9 follow. POST, DOWN and TOWN are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words in DOWNSPOUT, the top score is 8, reached by 4. NOT, NOW and TOP are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of DOWNSPOUT but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in UT · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with PUTDOWNS (14 points).
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DOWNSPOUT, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNSPOUT itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 221) | 168 | 221 | 154 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
51 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POWNDS, DOWPS, POWND, DOWP, POWNS, STOWND, SWOPT, DOWTS, OUTWON, POWN, SOWND, SOWP and 39 more. 16 of the 221 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: PUTDOWNS, PUTDOWN, PWNS, PWN, OWTS, DOUTS, OWT, POOS, UDONS, UNDOS, NUTSO, POO and 4 more. 2 of the 221 answers are missing from Scrabble US: WOPS and WOP.
Each word below uses all the letters of DOWNSPOUT and one more.