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...and is worth 9 points by itself.
down
adjective
1. Baseball Retired; out: two down in the last of the ninth.
2. Completed; done: three down, two to go.
3. Football Not in play: The ball is down on the 50-yard line.
4. Football Not permitted to advance further in the play because forward progress has stopped, especially by being tackled. Used of a ball carrier.
5. Learned or known perfectly: had the algebra problems down.
adverb
1. Away from the present place.
2. From a higher to a lower place or position: hiked down from the peak.
3. From earlier times or people: tradition handed down from one generation to the next.
4. In or into a sitting, kneeling, or reclining position: knelt down; lying down.
5. In or into an inactive or inoperative state: The generators went down at midnight.
geographical name
1. District Northern Ireland, established 1974 250 (650 ), 57,511.
2. Traditional county Northern Ireland.
idiom
1. Down on Informal Hostile or negative toward; ill-disposed to: was down on jogging after his injury.
noun
1. A downward movement; descent.
2. A soft, silky, or feathery substance, such as the first growth of a human beard.
3. An expanse of rolling, grassy, treeless upland used for grazing. Often used in the plural.
4. Any of several breeds of sheep having short wool, originally bred in the Downs of southern England.
5. Botany A covering of soft, short hairs, as on some leaves or fruit.
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Top Words by points |
Points |
Word Game |
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down | 8 |
Scrabble |
2 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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do | 3 |
no | 2 |
od | 3 |
on | 2 |
ow | 5 |
wo | 5 |
3 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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don | 4 |
dow | 7 |
nod | 4 |
now | 6 |
own | 6 |
won | 6 |
4 Letters | Scrabble® Points |
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down | 8 |