Scrabble and Words with Friends

• DOWN is a valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. Scrabble uses the TWL word list.
  

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• DOWN is a valid Words with Friends word worth 9 points. Words with Friends uses the ENABLE word list.
  

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• DOWN is a 4 letter word containing the letters d, n, o, w.

Definitions

• down

  noun soft fine feathers

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• down

  noun (American football) a complete play to advance the football
  you have four downs to gain ten yards

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• Down

  noun English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

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• down

  noun (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

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• down

  noun fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

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• down

  verb drink down entirely
  He downed three martinis before dinner

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• down

  verb eat up completely, as with great appetite
  Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal

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• down

  verb bring down or defeat (an opponent)

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• down

  verb shoot at and force to come down

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• down

  verb cause to come or go down
  The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect
  The mugger knocked down the old lady after she refused to hand over her wallet

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• down

  verb improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

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• down

  adjective being or moving lower in position or less in some value
  lay face down
  the moon is down
  our team is down by a run
  down by a pawn
  the stock market is down today

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• down

  adverb spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
  don't fall down
  rode the lift up and skied down
  prices plunged downward

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• down

  adverb away from a more central or a more northerly place
  was sent down to work at the regional office
  worked down on the farm
  came down for the wedding
  flew down to Florida

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• down

  adverb paid in cash at time of purchase
  put ten dollars down on the necklace

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• down

  adverb from an earlier time
  the story was passed down from father to son

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• down

  adverb to a lower intensity
  he slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black

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• down

  adverb in an inactive or inoperative state
  the factory went down during the strike
  the computer went down again

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• down

  adjective satellite extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
  the down staircase
  the downward course of the stream

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• down

  adjective satellite becoming progressively lower
  the down trend in the real estate market

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• down

  adjective satellite being put out by a strikeout
  two down in the bottom of the ninth

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• down

  adjective satellite understood perfectly
  had his algebra problems down

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• down

  adjective satellite lower than previously
  prices are down

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• down

  adjective satellite shut
  the shades were down

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• down

  adjective satellite not functioning (temporarily or permanently)
  we can't work because the computer is down

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• down

  adjective satellite filled with melancholy and despondency
  downcast after his defeat
  feeling discouraged and downhearted

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• Lookup DOWN using the Merriam-Webster dictionary

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