Unscramble PLAYDOWNS and you have 228 words, PLAYDOWNS itself among them: it scores 18 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. PLAYDOWNS has 1 anagram here, DOWNPLAYS, scoring 18 like PLAYDOWNS itself. DOWNPLAY, PAYDOWNS and PLAYDOWN are the best of the shorter words, at 17 points. 9 letters: 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Words from PLAYDOWNS by length: 2 with 9 letters, 3 with 8, 3 with 7, 15 with 6, 60 with 5, 60 with 4, 60 with 3 and 25 with 2.
POWNY, WASPY and YAWPS are the top 5-letter words made with PLAYDOWNS letters, 13 points each. PLAYS, SANDY and DOWNS will look familiar.
Among the 4-letter words you get when you unscramble PLAYDOWNS, YAWP leads with 12 points, then WADY and WYND on 11. DAYS, DOWN and PLAY are the familiar ones.
5 of 60 3-letter words from PLAYDOWNS tie at 9 points; none scores more. WAS, ANY and NOW will look familiar.
Keep every letter of PLAYDOWNS but one, change that one, and you get:
More 9-letter words: starting with PL · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
The meaning of PLAYDOWNS, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
PLAYDOWNS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| PLAYDOWNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 228) | 173 | 228 | 165 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Scrabble US and Words With Friends* skip 53 of them: SPAWNY, POWNY, SPONDYL, DOWLY, POWNDS, DOWPS, PAYSD, POWANS, POWND, SPAYD, SWALY, SWAYL and 41 more. Words With Friends* skips 10 of them: PAYDOWNS, PAYDOWN, OWLY, ONLAYS, PWNS, PWN, YAS, APO, PO and DA. Scrabble US skips 2 of them: WOPS and WOP.