8 letters · 16 points in Scrabble
adjective extending or moving from a higher to a lower place
adjective on or toward a surface regarded as a base
adverb spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position
originEtymology tree English down Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English downward From down + -ward.
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