173 words come out when you unscramble DROPDOWNS, starting with DROPDOWNS itself: 16 in Scrabble, 18 in Words With Friends. DROPDOWN is the best of the shorter words, at 15 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
D2R1O1P34D2O1W4N12S1
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from DROPDOWNS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 2 with 8, 1 with 7, 9 with 6, 46 with 5, 60 with 4, 42 with 3 and 12 with 2.
There is a single one of the 7-letter words made with DROPDOWNS letters: DROWNDS, 12 points.
DOWPS and POWND share the top score of 11 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble DROPDOWNS. WORDS, DOORS and WOODS are the ones most people know.
DOWP tops the 4-letter words from DROPDOWNS at 10 points; next come DOWD and POWN on 9. DOWN, WORD and DOOR will look familiar.
Keep every letter of DROPDOWNS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with DR · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of DROPDOWNS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept DROPDOWNS, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| DROPDOWNS itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 173) | 126 | 173 | 117 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
45 of the 173 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POWNDS, DOWPS, POWND, DOWDS, DOWP, POWNS, ROWNDS, DOWD, DROWS, POWN, ROWND, SOWND and 33 more. 11 of the 173 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: DROPDOWNS, DROPDOWN, PWNS, PWN, POOS, POO, POS, ONOS, PO, ONO and ROO. 2 of the 173 answers are missing from Scrabble US: WOPS and WOP.