85 words come out when you unscramble DOWNTROD, starting with DOWNTROD itself: 13 in Scrabble, 14 in Words With Friends. DROWND is the best of the shorter words, at 11 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Counting the words from DOWNTROD by length: 1 with 8 letters, 1 with 6, 8 with 5, 33 with 4, 33 with 3 and 9 with 2. None has 7 letters.
There is a single one of the 6-letter words made with DOWNTROD letters: DROWND, 11 points.
DOWD scores highest among the 4-letter words from DOWNTROD at 9 points, ahead of DOWN and DOWT on 8. WORD, TOWN and DOOR are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of DOWNTROD but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DO · ending in OD · all 8-letter words
DOWNTROD first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DOWNTROD, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOWNTROD itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 85) | 63 | 85 | 60 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 22 of them: DOWD, ROWND, DOWT, DROW, WROOT, ROWT, WOON, WOOT, DOORN, DOD, DOON, DORT and 10 more. Words With Friends* skips 3 of them: OWT, ONO and ROO.