Unscramble DRAWDOWN and you have 88 words, DRAWDOWN itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 16 points: DOWNWARD. The strongest shorter word is DROWND, 11 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
D2R1A1W4D2O1W4N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
By length, the words from DRAWDOWN split into 2 with 8 letters, 2 with 6, 12 with 5, 25 with 4, 34 with 3 and 13 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Keep every letter of DRAWDOWN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with DR · ending in WN · all 8-letter words
The meaning of DRAWDOWN, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DRAWDOWN, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRAWDOWN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 88) | 73 | 88 | 67 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: DAWD, DOWAR, DOWD, DOWNA, ROWND, WADD, DROW, ANOW, AROW, DORAD, RAWN, DRAD and 3 more, 15 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: ANDRO, RANDO, DAN, ODA, ARO and DA, 6 in all.
These 2 words take every letter of DRAWDOWN plus a single extra one.