Unscramble DOWNTIMES and you have 301 words, DOWNTIMES itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. DOWNTIME and MIDTOWNS are the best of the shorter words, at 14 points. The 9 letters split into 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DOWNTIMES by length: 1 with 9 letters, 4 with 8, 25 with 7, 57 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
MIDTOWN, MISWEND and MOWDIES share the top score of 13 among the 7-letter words in DOWNTIMES. MINDSET is the one most people know.
The 6-letter words from DOWNTIMES are led by MOWDIE, SOWMED and WISDOM, 12 points each. MODEST, DEMONS and WIDEST are the familiar ones.
MOWED tops the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DOWNTIMES at 11 points; next come MEOWS and SMOWT on 10. WOMEN, OWNED and MODES will look familiar.
Of the 60 4-letter words from DOWNTIMES, 8 score 9 points, the group's best. NEWS, DOWN and WEST are the ones most people know.
Among the 3-letter words in DOWNTIMES, MEW, MOW and WEM tie for first at 8 points. NEW, NOW and TWO are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of DOWNTIMES for another and you can spell these 6 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with DO · ending in ES · all 9-letter words
What DOWNTIMES means, then the 7 highest-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DOWNTIMES, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNTIMES itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 301) | 251 | 301 | 234 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
50 of the 301 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: MISWEND, MOWDIES, MISWENT, MOWDIE, SOWMED, DOWIEST, DOWNIES, DOMIEST, DOWSET, INDEWS, MOISTED, SMOWT and 38 more. 17 of the 301 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DEMIST, MONTIES, DEMOI, MENTOS, OWIES, IDENTS, MEDS, OWIE, OWTS, OWT, EMO, EW and 5 more.
With one more tile, the letters of DOWNTIMES spell the words below.