Unscramble DOWNSWINGS to get 197 words. DOWNSWINGS itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. It has 10 letters, 2 vowels and 8 consonants.
D2O1W4N12S1W4I1N12G23S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DOWNSWINGS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 1 with 9, 3 with 8, 16 with 7, 22 with 6, 30 with 5, 60 with 4, 47 with 3 and 17 with 2.
Combined: NWL2023, Collins Scrabble Words 2024, WOW24 and Words With Friends together. Rude words are left out.
Just 1 of the 9-letter words in DOWNSWINGS: DOWNSWING, for 17 points.
22 6-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSWINGS; 4 of them share the top score of 13. WINDOW, OWNING and SWINGS are everyday picks.
WIDOW tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNSWINGS at 12 points; next come GOWDS on 10 and DOWNS on 9. DOING, SONGS and SIGNS will look familiar.
The best of the 4-letter words from DOWNSWINGS is WOWS, 10 points; GOWD on 9 and DOWN on 8 follow. SIGN, SONG and WIND are everyday picks.
WOW scores highest among the 3-letter words in DOWNSWINGS at 9 points, ahead of DOW and WIG on 7. NOW, OWN and GOD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DOWNSWINGS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with DO · ending in GS · all 10-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WINDOWS (14 points).
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DOWNSWINGS, and the Words With Friends list has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNSWINGS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 197) | 143 | 197 | 135 |
* Lists: NWL2023, Collins CSW24, Words With Friends' own (changing) list.
53 of the 197 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWOWNDS, DISGOWNS, SOWNDING, SWOWND, DISGOWN, SOWSING, WONINGS, SOWNDS, WONGIS, WONING, DONINGS, GNOWS and 41 more. 9 of the 197 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DOWSINGS, SOWINGS, DINGOS, NONIS, SIGS, GIS, GOS, NONI and SIG. 1 of the 197 answers is missing from Scrabble US: DI.