What DOWNS Means
DOWNS is a form of DOWN, which means:
- adjective: being or moving lower in position or less in some value“lay face down”
- adjective: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place“the down staircase”
- verb: drink down entirely“He downed three martinis before dinner”
- verb: eat up completely, as with great appetite“Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DOWNS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 O1 W4 N1 S1.
Anagrams of DOWNS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DOWNS
33 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
4 letter words (10)
3 letter words (15)
2 letter words (8)
Longer Words Containing DOWNS
DOWNS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
BACKDOWNSBLOWDOWNSBREAKDOWNSBRINGDOWNSBUILDDOWNSCLAMPDOWNSCLIMBDOWNSCLOSEDOWNSCOMEDOWNSCOOLDOWNSCOUNTDOWNSCRACKDOWNSCUTDOWNSDOWNSCALEDOWNSCALEDDOWNSCALESDOWNSHIFTDOWNSHIFTSDOWNSIDEDOWNSIDESDOWNSIZEDOWNSIZEDDOWNSIZERDOWNSIZERSDOWNSIZESDOWNSIZINGDOWNSLIDEDOWNSLIDESDOWNSLOPEDOWNSPINDOWNSPINSDOWNSPOUTDOWNSPOUTSDOWNSTAGEDOWNSTAGESDOWNSTAIRDOWNSTAIRSDOWNSTATEDOWNSTATERDOWNSTATES
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