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Downs

d 2o 1w 4n 1s 1

About 1 syllable

noun · verb · 5 letters · Common · plural and third-person singular form of down

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : valid

What does downs mean?

noun

  1. soft fine feathers

    Synonymsdown feather

  2. (American football) a complete play to advance the football

    “you have four downs to gain ten yards”

  3. English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

  4. (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

  5. fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

    Synonymspile

verb

  1. drink down entirely

    “He downed three martinis before dinner”

    Synonymstoss offpopbolt downbelt downpour down

  2. eat up completely, as with great appetite

    “Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal”

    Synonymsdevourdemolishconsumego through

  3. bring down or defeat (an opponent)

  4. shoot at and force to come down

    “the enemy landed several of our aircraft”

    Synonymsshoot downland

  5. cause to come or go down

    “The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect”

    Synonymsknock downcut downpush downpull down

  6. improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

    “refine one's style of writing”

    Synonymspolishrefine

Definitions shown for down, the base form of downs.

Is DOWNS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) Yes

How many points is DOWNS worth?

Scrabble

9 pts
d 2o 1w 4n 1s 1

Words With Friends

10 pts
d 2o 1w 4n 2s 1

Wordfeud

9 pts
d 2o 1w 4n 1s 1

NYT Crossplay

10 pts
d 2o 1w 5n 1s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in DOWNS

Anagrams 1

Words that end like DOWNS

Common words that share the ending -OWNS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

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Downs: quick answers

Is DOWNS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. DOWNS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 9 points before board bonuses.
How many points is DOWNS worth?
DOWNS scores 9 points in Scrabble, 10 in Words With Friends, 9 in Wordfeud and 10 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does downs mean?
downs is the plural and third-person singular form of down, which means “soft fine feathers”. It has 11 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in DOWNS?
You can make 33 shorter words from DOWNS, such as DOWN, DOWS, DOW, NOWS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of DOWNS?
DOWNS rearranges into SOWND.