Unscramble PASTEDOWNS and you have 321 words, PASTEDOWNS itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. The strongest shorter words are PASTEDOWN, STEPDOWNS and STEWPONDS, 15 points each. 10 letters: 3 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
Words from PASTEDOWNS by length: 1 with 10 letters, 3 with 9, 10 with 8, 33 with 7, 60 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 34 with 2.
SPAWNED tops the 7-letter words you get when you unscramble PASTEDOWNS at 13 points; next come STEWPAN and WEAPONS on 12. NOTEPAD and DONATES will look familiar.
PAWNED, POWNDS and SOWPED share the top score of 12 among the 6-letter words from PASTEDOWNS. POSTED, WANTED and PASSED are the ones most people know.
4 of 60 5-letter words from PASTEDOWNS tie at 11 points; none scores more. OWNED, ADOPT and DEPOT will look familiar.
DOWP scores highest among the 4-letter words in PASTEDOWNS at 10 points, ahead of PAWN and PAWS on 9. NEWS, DOWN and DAWN are the ones most people know.
7 of 60 3-letter words made with PASTEDOWNS letters tie at 8 points; none scores more. NEW, WAS and NOW will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PASTEDOWNS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 10-letter words: starting with PA · ending in NS · all 10-letter words
Here is what the 8 strongest answers mean; STEPDOWNS (15 points) takes the top spot.
Score: Scrabble · Words With Friends
Yes, in all three: Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept PASTEDOWNS, and the list Words With Friends is built on has it too.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PASTEDOWNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 321) | 248 | 321 | 230 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
71 of the 321 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: STEWPONDS, STEWPOND, WASPNEST, POWNDS, SOWPED, DOWPS, DOWSETS, POWANS, POWND, STOWNDS, TONEPADS, WESANDS and 59 more. 20 of the 321 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: STEPDOWNS, STEPDOWN, PWNED, PANTSED, TWONESS, DOPEST, PANTSES, PWNS, NAPED, PWN, DEPS, OWTS and 8 more. 2 of the 321 answers are missing from Scrabble US: WOPS and WOP.