DOWN — 4 letter word
down
The word down has 4 letters: D, O, W, N. It contains 1 vowel and 3 consonants. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. As a adjective, it means "extending or moving from a higher to a lower place".
4 letter word "down": D O W N — adjective
Scrabble score: 8 Words With Friends score: 9
Letter analysis of down
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| D | 1 | Consonant | 2 |
| O | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| W | 1 | Consonant | 4 |
| N | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
1 vowels, 3 consonants, 4 unique letters
Definition of down
adjective
- extending or moving from a higher to a lower place Synonyms: downward
- becoming progressively lower
- not functioning (temporarily or permanently) "we can't work because the computer is down"
- shut "the shades were down"
- understood perfectly "I had my algebra problems down." Synonyms: down pat, mastered
- being or moving lower in position or less in some value "lay face down"
- filled with melancholy and despondency Synonyms: low
- lower than previously Synonyms: depressed
- being put out by a strikeout
adverb
- spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position "don't fall down" Synonyms: downwards, downward, downwardly
- away from a more central or a more northerly place "was sent down to work at the regional office"
- paid in cash at time of purchase "put ten dollars down on the necklace"
- in an inactive or inoperative state "the factory went down during the strike"
- to a lower intensity "The stagehand slowly phased down the light until the stage was completely black."
- from an earlier time "the story was passed down from father to son"
noun
- a complete play to advance the football, in American football "You have four downs to gain ten yards."
- soft fine feathers Synonyms: down feather
- fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) Synonyms: pile
- (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil
verb
- improve or perfect by pruning or polishing Synonyms: polish, fine-tune, refine
- bring down or defeat (an opponent)
- eat immoderately "Some people can down a pound of meat in the course of one meal" Synonyms: go through
- drink down entirely "They downed three martinis before dinner." Synonyms: kill
- cause to come or go down "The policeman downed the heavily armed suspect" Synonyms: knock down, cut down, push down, pull down
- shoot at and force to come down Synonyms: shoot down, land