BREAK — 5 letter word
break
The word break has 5 letters: B, R, E, A, K. It contains 2 vowels and 3 consonants. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Break has 3 anagrams: baker, brake, kebar. As a verb, it means "to act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises".
5 letter word "break": B R E A K — verb
Scrabble score: 11 Words With Friends score: 12
Letter analysis of break
| Letter | Count | Type | Scrabble pts |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | 1 | Consonant | 3 |
| R | 1 | Consonant | 1 |
| E | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| A | 1 | Vowel | 1 |
| K | 1 | Consonant | 5 |
2 vowels, 3 consonants, 5 unique letters
Definition of break
verb
- to act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises "You broke the rules, so we'll have to think about whether or not we will permit you here in the future." Synonyms: breach, offend, transgress, go against, infract
- to enter someone's virtual or real property in an unauthorized manner, usually with the intent to steal or commit a violent act "They broke into our house!" Synonyms: break in
- to happen or take place "Things have been breaking pretty well for us in the past few months."
- to fail to agree with "I think this is the first time running this business together that we've had a break." Synonyms: go against
- to give up "I tried to break cigarette smoking for my new partner."
- to cause to give up a habit "I broke my smoking habits two years ago."
- to vary or interrupt a uniformity or continuity "There was a break in the storm."
- to weaken or destroy in spirit or body "The devastating news broke them."
- to fracture a bone of "I broke my leg." Synonyms: fracture
- to make submissive, obedient, or useful "The horse was tough to break." Synonyms: break in
- to be broken in "If the new teacher won't break, we'll add some stress."
- to crack something "I broke the vase."
- to become separated into pieces or fragments "I dropped the glass and it broke." Synonyms: separate, split up, fall apart, come apart
- to destroy the integrity of "They broke their wedding vows."
- to lessen in force or effect "The storm finally broke sometime after midnight." Synonyms: damp, weaken, dampen, soften
- to stop operating or functioning "My clock broke last night." Synonyms: go, die, conk out, fail, go bad
- to change suddenly from one tone quality or register to another "The singer broke into a falsetto for the high parts of the song."
- to find the solution or key to "I had to break the code to understand the message."
- to find a flaw in "This new information will break the suspect's alibi."
- to interrupt the flow of current in "They broke a circuit while soldering."
- to cease an action temporarily "We will break for one hour." Synonyms: pause, intermit
- to be released or become known "The album broke last week." Synonyms: get out, get around
- to pierce or penetrate "The needle broke the surface of the cloth."
- to become punctured or penetrated "You broke the skin."
- to break a piece from a whole "I tried to break a branch from the tree." Synonyms: snap off
- to go to pieces "The vase broke." Synonyms: bust, wear, wear out, fall apart
- to ruin completely "I broke the remote." Synonyms: bust
- to separate from a clinch, in boxing "The boxers were forced to break over a dozen times in the first round."
- to make the opening shot that scatters the balls "It's my turn to break."
- to destroy the completeness of a set of related items "The book dealer would not break the set." Synonyms: break up
- to exchange for smaller units of money "I had to break a $100 bill just to buy the candy."
- to force out or release suddenly and often violently something pent up "They break into tears at the drop of a hat." Synonyms: burst, erupt
- to do a break dance "Kids were breaking at the street corner." Synonyms: break dance, break-dance
- to curl over and fall apart in surf or foam, of waves "The waves are breaking nicely today."
- to break down, literally or metaphorically "When no one came to their birthday party for the second year in a row, the child broke." Synonyms: collapse, give, cave in, founder, give way
- to emerge from the surface of a body of water "The dolphin broke through the water's surface making beautiful ripples."
- to scatter or part "They broke towards the woods."
- to make a rupture in the ranks of the enemy or one's own by quitting or fleeing "We finally broke through their advancing line."
- to move away or escape suddenly "We made our break from the line and headed for the fence." Synonyms: break out, break away
- to change directions suddenly "We wind broke west."
- to reduce to bankruptcy "Our fancy wedding is going to break us!" Synonyms: smash, bankrupt, ruin
- to discontinue an association or relation "Our country broke ties with our former trading partner." Synonyms: part, separate, split, split up, break up
- to invalidate by judicial action "We went to court to break the will, or else we wouldn't get any money."
- to interrupt a continued activity "I broke your winning streak." Synonyms: break away
- to cause the failure or ruin of "I broke the car."
noun
- an escape from jail "the breakout was carefully planned" Synonyms: breakout
- any frame in which a bowler fails to make a strike or spare "The break in the eighth frame cost our bowling team the match." Synonyms: open frame
- a sudden dash "We made a break for the door as soon as the rain let up."
- the act of breaking something, making it unusable "The break of the record player meant it no longer worked." Synonyms: breakage, breaking
- an act of delaying or interrupting the continuity "it was presented without commercial breaks" Synonyms: interruption, disruption, gap
- in tennis, a score consisting of winning a game when your opponent was serving "I was up two breaks in the second set." Synonyms: break of serve
- the opening shot that scatters the balls in billiards or pool
- a pause from doing something (as work) "we took a 10-minute break" Synonyms: respite, recess, time out
- an abrupt change in the tone or register of the voice as at puberty or due to emotion "I felt so strongly, that I knew that my voice would break if I spoke."
- a personal or social separation (as between opposing factions) "they hoped to avoid a break in relations" Synonyms: breach
- an unexpected piece of good luck "They finally got their big break." Synonyms: good luck, happy chance
- the occurrence of breaking "the break in the dam threatened the valley"
- some abrupt occurrence that interrupts an ongoing activity Synonyms: interruption
- (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other Synonyms: fault
- breaking of hard tissue such as bone Synonyms: fracture
- a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something Synonyms: suspension, interruption, pause, intermission
Anagrams of break(3)
Words you can make from break(top 10)
See all words within "break" →