Is Down a Scrabble Word? Yes

Definition for the word Down.

  • English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896) (noun)
  • understood perfectly (adjective)
    "had his algebra problems down"
  • soft fine feathers (noun)
  • extending or moving from a higher to a lower place (adjective)
    "the down staircase"
  • fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) (noun)
  • spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position (adverb)
    "don't fall down"
  • lower than previously (adjective)
    "prices are down"
  • filled with melancholy and despondency (adjective)
    "downcast after his defeat"
  • eat up completely, as with great appetite (verb)
    "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal"
  • cause to come or go down (verb)
    "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect"
  • improve or perfect by pruning or polishing (verb)
  • drink down entirely (verb)
    "He downed three martinis before dinner"
  • shoot at and force to come down (verb)
  • (American football) a complete play to advance the football (noun)
    "you have four downs to gain ten yards"
  • becoming progressively lower (adjective)
    "the down trend in the real estate market"
  • being or moving lower in position or less in some value (adjective)
    "lay face down"
  • being put out by a strikeout (adjective)
    "two down in the bottom of the ninth"
  • bring down or defeat (an opponent) (verb)
  • not functioning (temporarily or permanently) (adjective)
    "we can't work because the computer is down"
  • shut (adjective)
    "the shades were down"
  • (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil (noun)
  • away from a more central or a more northerly place
    "was sent down to work at the regional office"
  • to a lower intensity
    "he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black"

Is Down a Valid Scrabble Word?

Yes Down is a valid Scrabble word.


Scrabble Point Value of Down: 8 Points
Words with Friends Point Value of Down: 9 Points


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