shootdowns needs no unscrambling at all — the ten-letter word is already the strongest play its own letters allow, banking 17 points in Scrabble as it stands. In all, 158 valid words come out of this rack, grouped by length below and checked for Words With Friends as well as Scrabble.
shootdowns is the highest-scoring word from shootdowns, worth 17 points in Scrabble. The top 10 of 158 words are shown here, with the full list organized by length below.
Only one ten-letter word uses the letters in shootdowns — and it is shootdowns itself. No unscrambling is needed: the word is already playable as written, worth 17 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling shootdowns produces exactly one nine-letter word: shootdown. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 16 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling shootdowns produces exactly one eight-letter word: sonhoods. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 12 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling shootdowns produces exactly one seven-letter word: sonhood. It is not one of the common answers — a genuine unscrambler find — and it banks 11 points in Scrabble.
Unscrambling shootdowns turns up 7 six-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with shoots. For points, the strongest play is swoosh — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 31 five-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shootdowns. If a familiar word is all you need, start with hoods, hosts, shoot, shots, shown, shows, and snows. For points, the strongest play is dhows — worth 12 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
Rearranging the letters in shootdowns produces 59 valid four-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dots, down, hood, host, onto, owns, and shoo. For points, the strongest play is dhow — worth 11 points in Scrabble.
Below, the list runs in alphabetical order, with each score based on the playable tile set — premium squares not included.
Unscrambling shootdowns turns up 45 three-letter words. If a familiar word is all you need, start with dot, hot, how, not, now, oho, and own. For points, the strongest plays are how and who — each worth 9 points in Scrabble.
The words below are listed alphabetically. Scores count playable tiles only and leave out premium-square bonuses.
There are 12 two-letter words that can be made by unscrambling the letters in shootdowns. If a familiar word is all you need, start with do, ho, no, oh, on, ow, and sh. For points, the strongest plays are ho, oh, ow, sh, and wo — each worth 5 points in Scrabble.
The full list follows, sorted A to Z; every score reflects tile constraints and skips board bonuses.
shootdowns is in the NWL, the official Scrabble word list for North America, but not in the Words With Friends dictionary, so it plays in Scrabble only.
shootdowns is the only ten-letter word the same letters produce. No arrangement of the same tiles scores higher in Scrabble, so playing shootdowns unchanged also takes the maximum points these letters offer.
The highest-scoring play from these letters is shootdowns, worth 17 points in Scrabble, and no other word from shootdowns 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 shootdowns produce 158 valid words in the Scrabble and Words With Friends dictionaries. The word count by length is: 1 ten-letter word, 1 nine-letter word, 1 eight-letter word, 1 seven-letter word, 7 six-letter words, 31 five-letter words, 59 four-letter words, 45 three-letter words and 12 two-letter words.