Unscramble LOCKDOWN to get 83 words. LOCKDOWN itself is a real word: 18 points on a Scrabble board, 21 in Words With Friends. COWK and WOCK are the best of the shorter words, at 13 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
L12O1C34K5D2O1W4N12
Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Counting the words from LOCKDOWN by length: 1 with 8 letters, 9 with 5, 36 with 4, 27 with 3 and 10 with 2. None has 7 or 6 letters.
The 4-letter words in LOCKDOWN are led by COWK and WOCK, 13 points each. KNOW, DOWN and LOOK are the familiar ones.
Keep every letter of LOCKDOWN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with LO · ending in WN · all 8-letter words
LOCKDOWN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
LOCKDOWN works in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it appears in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOCKDOWN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 83) | 60 | 83 | 57 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: COWK, WOCK, DONKO, KONDO, KOW, CLOW, DOOK, KOND, LOWND, WOOLD, DOWL, COND and 11 more, 23 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: OK, LOC and ONO, 3 in all.
This word takes every letter of LOCKDOWN plus a single extra one.