Unscramble SHUTDOWN and you have 186 words, SHUTDOWN itself among them: it scores 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. DHOWS and SHOWD are the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. It has 8 letters, 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
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Per tile: Scrabble value, Words With Friends in blue where different.
By length, the words from SHUTDOWN split into 1 with 8 letters, 10 with 6, 39 with 5, 60 with 4, 57 with 3 and 19 with 2. None has 7 letters.
Among the 5-letter words made with SHUTDOWN letters, DHOWS and SHOWD tie for first at 12 points. SOUTH, SOUND and SHOWN are everyday picks.
DHOW tops the 4-letter words from SHUTDOWN at 11 points; next come HOWS and SHOW on 10. DOWN, TOWN and THUS will look familiar.
HOW and WHO share the top score of 9 among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SHUTDOWN. NOT, OUT and NOW are the ones most people know.
Trade one tile of SHUTDOWN for another and you can spell these 6 words:
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The meaning of SHUTDOWN, and of the 7 strongest answers in its letters.
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Yes. SHUTDOWN is playable in Scrabble US and Scrabble UK, and it is in the list Words With Friends is built on.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHUTDOWN itself | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Answers accepted (of 186) | 154 | 186 | 138 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
32 of the 186 answers are missing from Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SHOWD, SOWTH, STOWND, WHOT, DOWTS, DUNSH, HONDS, SOWND, UNSHOT, UNSTOW, DOWT, DUSH and 20 more. 16 of the 186 answers are missing from Words With Friends*: HUNDOS, HUNDO, DOHS, DOSH, DOH, DUH, OWTS, DOUTS, HOS, OWT, SHO, SOH and 4 more.
With one more tile, the letters of SHUTDOWN spell the words below.