Unscramble PLAYDOWN and you have 163 words, PLAYDOWN itself among them: it scores 17 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. It has 1 anagram, each with the same 17 points: DOWNPLAY. The strongest shorter word is PAYDOWN, 16 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PLAYDOWN by length: 2 with 8 letters, 1 with 7, 21 with 5, 57 with 4, 60 with 3 and 22 with 2. None has 6 letters.
PAYDOWN is the only one of the 7-letter words in PLAYDOWN; it scores 16 points.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PLAYDOWN, YAWP leads with 12 points, then WADY and WYND on 11. ONLY, DOWN and PLAN are the familiar ones.
4 of 60 3-letter words you get when you unscramble PLAYDOWN tie at 9 points; none scores more. ANY, NOW and DAY will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PLAYDOWN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with PL · ending in WN · all 8-letter words
PLAYDOWN first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Points: Scrabble · Words With Friends
PLAYDOWN 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYDOWN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 163) | 131 | 163 | 123 |
* From the list Words With Friends was built on; the game itself can differ.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: POWNY, DOWLY, POWND, DOWP, NOWY, POWAN, DOWNA, LOWND, LOWP, POWN, WALDO, AWDL and 19 more, 31 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: PAYDOWN, OWLY, ONLAY, PWN, APO, OPA, DAN, PO and DA, 9 in all. Not in Scrabble US: WOP.
These 2 words take every letter of PLAYDOWN plus a single extra one.