Unscramble SHOOTDOWN and you have 161 words, SHOOTDOWN itself among them: it scores 16 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. 9 letters: 3 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1H43O1O1T1D2O1W4N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
Counting the words from SHOOTDOWN by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 7, 3 with 6, 34 with 5, 60 with 4, 48 with 3 and 14 with 2. None has 8 letters.
SONHOOD is the only one of the 7-letter words in SHOOTDOWN; it scores 11 points.
DHOWS and SHOWD share the top score of 12 among the 5-letter words you get when you unscramble SHOOTDOWN. SHOWN, WOODS and TOWNS are the ones most people know.
DHOW tops the 4-letter words from SHOOTDOWN at 11 points; next come HOWS and SHOW on 10. DOWN, TOWN and WOOD will look familiar.
Among the 3-letter words in SHOOTDOWN, HOW and WHO tie for first at 9 points. NOT, NOW and TWO are everyday picks.
This word has the length of SHOOTDOWN, with one letter different:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in WN · all 9-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with DHOWS (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble US and Scrabble UK accept SHOOTDOWN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOOTDOWN itself | Yes | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 161) | 125 | 161 | 113 |
* Based on the list Words With Friends started from; the live game may differ.
36 of the 161 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHOWD, WHOOTS, HOWSO, SOWTH, WHOOT, STOWND, WHOT, DOWTS, HONDS, SOWND, DOWT, HOND and 24 more. 12 of the 161 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: SHOOTDOWN, DOHS, DOSH, DOH, OWTS, HOO, HOS, OWT, SHO, SOH, ONOS and ONO.
Each word below uses all the letters of SHOOTDOWN and one more.