Is DOWNWARD a word?
DOWNWARD is a valid word in Scrabble and Words With Friends. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends, has 8 letters, and can be rearranged into 1 other word, plus 60 shorter words built from the same letters.
Yes, DOWNWARD is a valid word.
What does downward mean?
adjective: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place.
“the down staircase”
Definition from WordNet, Princeton University.
DOWNWARD: word details
- Pronunciation: DOWN-wurd (approx., 2 syllables)
- Length: 8 letters, a long word. It is one of 40,530 8-letter words in our dictionary.
- Scrabble: worth 16 points on the tiles.
- Words With Friends: worth 17 points on the tiles.
- Games: recognised in the combined word list Unscrambly uses for Scrabble and Words With Friends. Acceptance in official tournament lists (TWL, SOWPODS) can vary.
Anagrams of downward
Shorter words inside downward
Words you can make from the letters of downward.
Solve a whole rack, not just DOWNWARD
DOWNWARD is one word. If you are holding tiles rather than looking up a single entry, the Scrabble word finder ranks every play from your rack by points, and the Words With Friends solver scores the same letters with WWF values instead, which changes the order of the list.
Frequently asked questions
What does DOWNWARD mean?
DOWNWARD is a adjective. It means: extending or moving from a higher to a lower place.
Is DOWNWARD a valid word?
Yes, DOWNWARD is a valid word. It scores 16 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words With Friends.
Unscrambly validity is based on a large open English word list used across word games. Word acceptance varies by the exact tournament dictionary in use.