Jumble solved
Unscramble DOWN — 13 words
The letters DOWN rearrange into 1 full anagram and 13 words in total.
- Total words
- 13
- Full anagrams
- 1
- Longest answer
- 4 letters
- Vowels : consonants
- 1 : 3
To solve the scramble by hand, set the 1 vowel (O) aside first, then try common beginnings and endings — re-, un-, -ing, -ed, -er — against the 3 remaining consonants (D, W, N).
down in a sentence
“And the first down begins to shade his face.”
— Webster 1913
Anagrams of DOWN
One word uses all 4 letters:
- down
4-letter words
1 word found- down8
3-letter words
6 words found- don4
- dow7
- nod4
- now6
- own6
- won6
2-letter words
6 words found- do3
- no2
- od3
- on2
- ow5
- wo5
Words hidden inside DOWN
Without moving a single letter, reading down straight through uncovers 2 shorter words — dow, own. The longest unbroken run is dow.
- dow7
- own6
Related jumbles to try
Shorter words inside DOWN — solve each on its own:
Add one letter to DOWN
Slot in one more tile — any letter — and down opens up 8 5-letter words. Handy when a puzzle gives you a blank or an extra square.
Best words for tile games
Playing Scrabble or Words with Friends? These finds carry the highest tile values (before any bonus squares).
- down8
- dow7
- now6
- own6
- won6
- ow5
- wo5
- don4
Letter breakdown
Total Letters
4
Distinct
4
Vowels
25%
O
Consonants
75%
D, W, N
Solving DOWN: common questions
How do you unscramble the letters down?
Rearranging the 4 letters in down produces 13 valid words in total. A quick way to crack a scramble is to pull the vowels out first, then test familiar beginnings and endings (such as re-, un-, -ing, -ed and -er) against the consonants that are left. That approach lands the 4-letter answer down here. Every arrangement below is checked against a standard word list, so anything listed is a real word.
Does down have any anagrams?
Using all 4 letters, down rearranges into exactly one word: down.
What is the longest word you can make from down?
The longest solution is down at 4 letters — it uses the most tiles of any word here.
What are the easiest short words from down?
Short answers are the quickest to spot: down yields don, dow, nod, now, own, won, do, no, od and on. Two- and three-letter words are handy for warming up, for tricky racks, and for hooking onto letters already on the board in games like Scrabble and Words with Friends.
How is the word "down" used in a sentence?
Down is itself a valid word. For example: "And the first down begins to shade his face." Seeing a jumble answer used in a real sentence makes it easier to remember next time it turns up.
Which word from down scores best in Scrabble or Words with Friends?
If you are playing a tile game, down is the top scorer from down at 8 points, followed by dow (7), now (6) and own (6). Scores depend on the board, but these are the highest face values before any bonus squares.
What smaller words are hidden inside down?
Read left to right without moving any letters and down already contains 2 shorter words: dow and own. The longest run of consecutive letters that spells a word is dow. Because this depends on the exact order, each spelling of the same letters hides a different set.