Unscramble SLIMDOWN and you have 180 words, SLIMDOWN itself among them: it scores 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. WISDOM is the best of the shorter words, at 12 points. 8 letters: 2 vowels and 6 consonants.
S1L12I1M34D2O1W4N12
Scrabble value on each tile, blue for Words With Friends when different.
By length, the words from SLIMDOWN split into 1 with 8 letters, 5 with 6, 36 with 5, 60 with 4, 58 with 3 and 20 with 2. None has 7 letters.
36 5-letter words made with SLIMDOWN letters; 8 of them share the top score of 9. SOLID, WINDS and MINDS are everyday picks.
Among 60 4-letter words from SLIMDOWN, the top score is 9, reached by 4. DOWN, MIND and WIND are the familiar ones.
MOW scores highest among the 3-letter words you get when you unscramble SLIMDOWN at 8 points, ahead of DOW on 7 and DIM on 6. NOW, OWN and OLD are the ones most people know.
Keep every letter of SLIMDOWN but one, change that one, and you get:
More 8-letter words: starting with SL · ending in WN · all 8-letter words
Short meanings for the 8 highest-scoring answers, starting with WISDOM (12 points).
Scrabble · Words With Friends points
Scrabble UK accepts SLIMDOWN, but the list Words With Friends is built on does not include it.
| Game | Scrabble US | Scrabble UK | Words With Friends* |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLIMDOWN itself | No | Yes | No |
| Answers accepted (of 180) | 148 | 180 | 140 |
* The Words With Friends base list; the game adds and drops some words.
Not in Scrabble US and Words With Friends*: SLIMDOWN, LOWNDS, DOWLS, LOWND, SOWM, SOWND, DOWL, LOWNS, NOWLS, ODISM, SWOLN, MINOS and 20 more, 32 in all. Not in Words With Friends*: MILDS, DINOS, LOIDS, DINO, LOID, MOI, SOM and OI, 8 in all.
Each word below uses all the letters of SLIMDOWN and one more.