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What does lowdown mean? Is lowdown a Scrabble word?

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Is lowdown a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word lowdown is a Scrabble US word. The word lowdown is worth 14 points in Scrabble:

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Is lowdown a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word lowdown is a Scrabble UK word and has 14 points:

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Is lowdown a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word lowdown is a Words With Friends word. The word lowdown is worth 16 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

DOWNLOW,LOWDOWN,

5-letter words (2 found)

LOWND,WOOLD,

4-letter words (12 found)

DOOL,DOON,DOWL,DOWN,LOON,LOWN,NOLO,NOWL,WOLD,WOOD,WOOL,WOON,

3-letter words (18 found)

DOL,DON,DOO,DOW,LOD,LOO,LOW,NOD,NOO,NOW,OLD,ONO,OON,OWL,OWN,WON,WOO,WOW,

2-letter words (8 found)

DO,LO,NO,OD,ON,OO,OW,WO,

You can make 42 words from lowdown according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of lowdown

lowdown

Alternative forms

  • low-down

Etymology

Compound adjective of low +‎ down in the sense of "humble" recorded in the 1540s, in the sense of "vulgar, far down the social scale" in 1888. Recorded as a noun in 1915 in the slang sense of secret or inside information.

Noun

lowdown (uncountable)

  1. inside information, the story or truth.
    Synonyms: scoop, dirt, dope, straight dope, poop
  2. A lowlife, a despicable person.

Translations

Adjective

lowdown (comparative more lowdown, superlative most lowdown)

  1. Unfair; scoundrelly; shameful.
  2. seedy, sketchy, disreputable
  3. down low; purporting to be heterosexual while engaged in sex with men.

Anagrams

  • down low, down-low, downlow

Source: wiktionary.org