Unscramble DOWNSTATE and you have 264 words, DOWNSTATE itself among them: it scores 13 in Scrabble and 14 in Words With Friends. SWATTED, SWOTTED and WADSETT are the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from DOWNSTATE split into 1 with 9 letters, 14 with 7, 39 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 30 with 2. None has 8 letters.
Among 39 6-letter words in DOWNSTATE, the top score is 10, reached by 18. WANTED, STATED and ATTEND are the familiar ones.
25 of 60 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSTATE tie at 9 points; none scores more. WASTE, DATES and OWNED will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DOWNSTATE, 18 score 8 points, the group's best. NEWS, WANT and DOWN are the ones most people know.
Among 60 3-letter words from DOWNSTATE, the top score is 7, reached by 5. NEW, WAS and NOW are the familiar ones.
Trade one tile of DOWNSTATE for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in TE · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with SWATTED and SWOTTED (11 points each).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
DOWNSTATE 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNSTATE itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 264) | 213 | 264 | 200 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
51 of the 264 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WADSETT, DOWSET, STAWED, STOWND, TAWTED, TOWSED, TOWTED, WESAND, AWETOS, DEAWS, DOWNA, DOWTS and 39 more. 13 of the 264 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: WETAS, OWTS, ATTED, NATTOS, OWT, TANTOS, EW, DAN, DAS, EDS, ODA, DA and 1 more.
Each word below uses all the letters of DOWNSTATE and one more.