What DOWNBEAT Means
- noun: the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward)
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DOWNBEAT is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 14 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 O1 W4 N1 B3 E1 A1 T1.
Words Made From The Letters In DOWNBEAT
236 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
7 letter words (1)
6 letter words (9)
5 letter words (31)
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4 letter words (81)
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3 letter words (85)
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2 letter words (29)
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