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Is downer a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word downer is a Scrabble US word. The word downer is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is downer a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word downer is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

D2O1W4N1E1R1

Is downer a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word downer is a Words With Friends word. The word downer is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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6-letter words (2 found)

DOWNER,WONDER,

5-letter words (14 found)

DONER,DOWER,DRONE,DROWN,ENDOW,NOWED,OWNED,OWNER,REDON,REWON,RONDE,ROWED,ROWEN,ROWND,

4-letter words (28 found)

DERN,DERO,DOEN,DOER,DONE,DORE,DOWN,DREW,DROW,ENOW,NERD,NODE,ONER,OWED,OWER,OWRE,REDO,REND,RENO,RODE,ROED,RONE,WEND,WERO,WORD,WORE,WORN,WREN,

3-letter words (31 found)

DEN,DEW,DOE,DON,DOR,DOW,END,EON,ERN,NED,NEW,NOD,NOR,NOW,ODE,ONE,ORD,ORE,OWE,OWN,RED,REN,REO,REW,ROD,ROE,ROW,WED,WEN,WOE,WON,

2-letter words (16 found)

DE,DO,ED,EN,ER,EW,NE,NO,OD,OE,ON,OR,OW,RE,WE,WO,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 92 words from downer according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of downer

downer

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnə/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdaʊnɚ/
  • Rhymes: -aʊnə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

down +‎ -er

Noun

downer (plural downers)

  1. (slang) A negative drug trip.
    Normally those pills give me a boost, but last night they gave me a downer.
  2. (slang) A drug that has depressant qualities.
  3. (slang) Something or someone disagreeable, dispiriting or depressing; a killjoy.
  4. A livestock animal that has collapsed.
  5. A form of industrial action in which workers down tools and refuse to work.
    • 1978, C. T. B. Smith, Great Britain. Dept. of Employment, Manpower Papers (issue 15, page 158)
      In the Workplace Industrial Relations Survey, a strike may be a downer or a stoppage as defined by the Department.
Synonyms
  • (something or someone disagreeable): buzzkill, killjoy, spoilsport; see also Thesaurus:spoilsport
Related terms
Descendants
  • German: Downer
Translations

Etymology 2

Perhaps related to tanner (“sixpence”).

Noun

downer (plural downers)

  1. (UK, slang, obsolete) A sixpence.
References
  • John Camden Hotten (1873) The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

  • Nedrow, Rowden, Wonder, Worden, red won, wonder, wondre

German

Adjective

downer

  1. inflection of down:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural

Source: wiktionary.org