Unscramble SHOWDOWNS to get 122 words. SHOWDOWNS itself is a real word: 19 points on a Scrabble board, 19 in Words With Friends. SHOWDOWN is the best of the shorter words, at 18 points. It has 9 letters, 2 vowels and 7 consonants.
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Tile values: Scrabble, then Words With Friends in blue if different.
Words from SHOWDOWNS by length: 1 with 9 letters, 1 with 8, 1 with 7, 6 with 6, 22 with 5, 43 with 4, 36 with 3 and 12 with 2.
There is a single one of the 8-letter words in SHOWDOWNS: SHOWDOWN, 18 points.
SWOWNDS is the only one of the 7-letter words made with SHOWDOWNS letters; it scores 14 points.
WHOWS scores highest among the 5-letter words from SHOWDOWNS at 14 points, ahead of DHOWS and SHOWD on 12. SHOWS, SHOWN and WOODS are the ones most people know.
The best of the 4-letter words in SHOWDOWNS is WHOW, 13 points; DHOW on 11 and HOWS on 10 follow. SHOW, DOWN and SOON are everyday picks.
Trade one tile of SHOWDOWNS for another and you can spell these 5 words:
More 9-letter words: starting with SH · ending in NS · all 9-letter words
SHOWDOWNS first, then short meanings for the 7 best-scoring answers.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
SHOWDOWNS 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* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHOWDOWNS itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 122) | 94 | 122 | 83 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SWOWNDS, WHOWS, SHOWDS, SWOWND, WHOW, SHOWD, HOWSO, SOWNDS, HONDS, SOWND, HOND, HOONS and 16 more, 28 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: DOHS, DOSH, DOH, HOSS, SOHS, HOO, HOS, SHO, SOH, ONOS and ONO, 11 in all.