289 words come out when you unscramble DOWNSTAGE, starting with DOWNSTAGE itself: 14 in Scrabble, 16 in Words With Friends. The best shorter words score 12: 4 of them, GOWANED, GOWDEST and TWANGED included. It has 9 letters, 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DOWNSTAGE split into 1 with 9 letters, 18 with 7, 58 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 32 with 2. None has 8 letters.
6 of 58 6-letter words made with DOWNSTAGE letters tie at 11 points; none scores more. WANTED, AGENTS and DONATE will look familiar.
Of the 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSTAGE, 6 score 10 points, the group's best. WASTE, OWNED and WANTS are the ones most people know.
Among the 4-letter words from DOWNSTAGE, GAWD and GOWD tie for first at 9 points. NEWS, DOWN and TOWN are everyday picks.
Among 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSTAGE, the top score is 7, reached by 7. NEW, WAS and NOW are the familiar ones.
These 6 words have the length of DOWNSTAGE, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in GE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with GOWANED, TWANGED and WAGONED (12 points each).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DOWNSTAGE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNSTAGE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 289) | 234 | 288 | 223 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
54 of the 289 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: GOWDEST, DWANGS, WADGES, DOWSET, DWANG, GAWDS, STAWED, STOWND, TOWSED, WADGE, WESAND, WONGAS and 42 more. 12 of the 289 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: ANGSTED, DANGEST, TANGOES, OWTS, OWT, EW, AGS, DAN, DAS, EDS, DA and TE. 1 of the 289 answers is missing from Scrabble US and Scrabble UK: DAGOES.
With one more tile, the letters of DOWNSTAGE spell the words below.