downstroke needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 18 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 497 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
downstroke is the highest-scoring word from downstroke, worth 18 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 497 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in downstroke — and it is downstroke itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 18 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling downstroke produces exactly one nine-letter word: stonework. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 16 points in Scrabble.
There are 2 eight-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in downstroke. If a familiar word is all you need, start with networks. For points, the strongest plays are kotowers and networks — each worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Rearranging the letters in downstroke produces 23 valid seven-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with network and wonders. For points, the strongest play is kotowed — worth 15 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling downstroke turns up 74 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with donors, drowns and owners. For points, the strongest play is worked — worth 14 points in Scrabble.
There are 143 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in downstroke. If a familiar word is all you need, start with donor, doors and dorks. For points, 7 words tie at 12 points, including knows, woken and works.
Rearranging the letters in downstroke produces 152 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with nerd, nest and nets. For points, 7 words tie at 11 points, including knew, know and woke.
Unscrambling downstroke turns up 78 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dot, end and net. For points, the strongest play is wok — worth 10 points in Scrabble.
There are 23 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in downstroke. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, ew and no. For points, the strongest play is ok — worth 6 points in Scrabble.
1 eleven-letter word can be made using all the letters in downstroke plus one additional letter.
downstroke is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, and in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it's playable exactly as it stands and needs no unscrambling.
The 1-point gap between the two totals comes from the tile values themselves: Scrabble and Words With Friends price the same letters differently.
Dictionaries record one sense for downstroke. Scrabble and Words With Friends score tiles and not meanings, so every sense below is worth the same 18 points on a Scrabble board:
downstroke is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing downstroke unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is downstroke, worth 18 points in Scrabble, and no other word from downstroke earns more points in Scrabble. Words With Friends prices the same letters differently, so the top of the list changes on a Words With Friends board. Both scores count tile values only and exclude premium squares.
The letters in downstroke produce 497 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 2 eight-letter words, 23 seven-letter words, 74 six-letter words, 143 five-letter words, 152 four-letter words, 78 three-letter words and 23 two-letter words.