Unscramble DOWNTICKS and you have 217 words, DOWNTICKS itself among them: it scores 19 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2O1W4N12T1I1C34K5S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DOWNTICKS split into 1 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 2 with 7, 9 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2.
The 5-letter words from DOWNTICKS are led by COWKS, WICKS and WOCKS, 14 points each. STOCK, KINDS and KNOWS are the familiar ones.
COWK, WICK and WOCK are the top 4-letter words made with DOWNTICKS letters, 13 points each. KNOW, DOWN and KIDS will look familiar.
KOW and WOK share the top score of 10 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNTICKS. NOW, TWO and OWN are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DOWNTICKS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in KS · all 9-letter words
What DOWNTICKS means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes. DOWNTICKS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNTICKS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 217) | 173 | 217 | 156 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: WINDOCKS, WINDOCK, COWKS, WOCKS, COWK, WOCK, SNOWK, KOWS, KOW, STOWND, CODIST, DOWTS and 32 more, 44 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: TWINKS, TWINK, TOCKS, ICKS, TOCK, STONK, KOIS, OIKS, KIS, OIK, OWTS, DINOS and 5 more, 17 in all.