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Breaks

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noun · verb · 6 letters · Very common · plural and third-person singular form of break

  • Scrabble US & Canada : valid
  • Scrabble UK & worldwide : valid
  • Words With Friends : valid
  • Wordle : not valid

What does breaks mean?

noun

  1. some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity

    “the telephone is an annoying interruption”

    Synonymsinterruption

  2. an unexpected piece of good luck

    “he finally got his big break”

    Synonymsgood luckhappy chance

  3. (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

    “they built it right over a geological fault”

    Synonymsfaultfaultinggeological faultshiftfracture

  4. a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions)

    “they hoped to avoid a break in relations”

    Synonymsrupturebreachseveranceriftfalling out

  5. a pause from doing something (as work)

    “we took a 10-minute break”

    Synonymsrespiterecesstime out

  6. the act of breaking something

    “the breakage was unavoidable”

    Synonymsbreakagebreaking

verb

  1. terminate

    “She interrupted her pregnancy”

    Synonymsinterrupt

  2. become separated into pieces or fragments

    “The figurine broke”

    Synonymsseparatesplit upfall apartcome apart

  3. render inoperable or ineffective

    “You broke the alarm clock when you took it apart!”

  4. ruin completely

    “He busted my radio!”

    Synonymsbust

  5. destroy the integrity of; usually by force; cause to separate into pieces or fragments

    “He broke the glass plate”

  6. act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

    “offend all laws of humanity”

    Synonymstransgressoffendinfractviolatego against

Definitions shown for break, the base form of breaks.

Is BREAKS a valid word?

Game / word listValid?
Scrabble US & Canada (NWL / TWL) Yes
Scrabble UK & worldwide (Collins / SOWPODS) Yes
Words With Friends (ENABLE) Yes
Wordle (guess list) No

How many points is BREAKS worth?

Scrabble

12 pts
b 3r 1e 1a 1k 5s 1

Words With Friends

13 pts
b 4r 1e 1a 1k 5s 1

Wordfeud

13 pts
b 4r 1e 1a 1k 5s 1

NYT Crossplay

14 pts
b 4r 1e 1a 1k 6s 1

Scores are the sum of the tile values, before premium squares or bingo bonuses.

Words from the letters in BREAKS

Anagrams 3

bakersbrakeskebars

Words that end like BREAKS

Common words that share the ending -EAKS, handy for rhymes, poems and wordplay. Matches are based on spelling, so a few may not rhyme exactly.

speaksfreakssneakspeakscreakssteakstweakswreaksbeaksleaksstreaksteaksoutbreaksheartbreaks
All words ending in -EAKS

Breaks: quick answers

Is BREAKS a valid Scrabble word?
Yes. BREAKS is accepted in both the North American (NWL) and the international Collins Scrabble word lists, and scores 12 points before board bonuses.
How many points is BREAKS worth?
BREAKS scores 12 points in Scrabble, 13 in Words With Friends, 13 in Wordfeud and 14 in NYT Crossplay. These are plain tile totals, before any double- or triple-letter and word squares.
What does breaks mean?
breaks is the plural and third-person singular form of break, which means “some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity”. It has 12 meanings in total, listed above.
What words can you make with the letters in BREAKS?
You can make 105 shorter words from BREAKS, such as BAKER, BAKES, BARKS, BEAKS. See the full list.
What are the anagrams of BREAKS?
BREAKS rearranges into BAKERS, BRAKES, KEBARS.