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BREAKS

6 letters

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Classic 3 pts
Big 3 pts
Super Big 3 pts

BREAKS is a valid 6-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 3 in Classic, 3 in Big, and 3 in Super Big Boggle.

BREAKS root BREAK-s

Word family

BREAK 2 BREAKING-ing 11 BROKE 2 BRAKE 2 BROKEN 3

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BREAKINGS 11
verb
  1. ergativeintransitivetransitiveTo separate into two or more pieces, to fracture or crack, by a process that cannot easily be reversed for reassembly.
    • If the vase falls to the floor, it might break.
    • In order to tend to the accident victim, he will break the window of the car.
  2. ergativeintransitivetransitiveTo crack or fracture (bone) under a physical strain.
    • His ribs broke under the weight of the rocks piled on his chest.
    • He slipped on the ice and broke his leg.
  3. transitiveTo divide (something, often money) into smaller units.
    • Can you break a hundred-dollar bill for me?
    • The wholesaler broke the container loads into palettes and boxes for local retailers.
  4. transitiveTo cause (a person or animal) to lose spirit or will; to crush the spirits of.
    • Her child’s death broke Angela.
    • Interrogators have used many forms of torture to break prisoners of war.
    • The interrogator hoped to break her to get her testimony against her accomplices.
  5. transitiveTo turn an animal into a beast of burden.
    • You have to break an elephant before you can use it as an animal of burden.
  6. intransitiveTo be crushed, or overwhelmed with sorrow or grief.
    • My heart is breaking.
  7. transitiveTo interrupt; to destroy the continuity of; to dissolve or terminate.
    • I’ve got to break this habit I have of biting my nails.
    • to break silence; to break one's sleep; to break one’s journey
    • I had won four games in a row, but now you've broken my streak of luck.
  8. transitiveTo end the run of (a play).
  9. transitiveTo ruin financially.
    • The recession broke some small businesses.
  10. intransitiveobsoleteTo fail in business; to go broke, to become bankrupt.
  11. intransitiveOf prices on the stock exchange: to fall suddenly.
  12. transitiveTo violate; to fail to adhere to.
    • When you go to Vancouver, promise me you won't break the law.
    • He broke his vows by cheating on his wife.
    • to break one’s word
    • Time travel would break the laws of physics.
  13. intransitiveTo go down, in terms of temperature, indicating that the most dangerous part of the illness has passed.
    • Susan's fever broke at about 3 AM, and the doctor said the worst was over.
  14. transitiveTo successfully treat or resist (a fever).
    • The treatment broke my fever.
    • Carl broke his fever this morning.
  15. intransitiveTo end.
    • The forecast says the hot weather will break by midweek.
  16. intransitiveTo begin or end.
    • We ran to find shelter before the storm broke.
    • Around midday the storm broke, and the afternoon was calm and sunny.
  17. intransitiveTo arrive.
    • Morning has broken.
    • The day broke crisp and clear.
  18. slangtransitiveTo render (a game) unchallenging by altering its rules or exploiting loopholes or weaknesses in them in a way that gives a player an unfair advantage.
    • Changing the rules to let white have three extra queens would break chess.
    • I broke the RPG by training every member of my party to cast fireballs as well as use swords.
  19. intransitivetransitiveTo stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
    • On the hottest day of the year the refrigerator broke.
    • Did you two break the trolley by racing with it?
  20. intransitivespecificallytransitiveTo cause (some feature of a program or piece of software) to stop functioning properly; to cause a regression.
    • Adding 64-bit support broke backward compatibility with earlier versions.
  21. transitiveTo cause (a barrier) to no longer bar.
    • to break a seal
  22. specificallytransitiveTo cause the shell of (an egg) to crack, so that the inside (yolk) is accessible.
  23. specificallytransitiveTo open (a safe) without using the correct key, combination, or the like.
  24. transitiveTo destroy the arrangement of; to throw into disorder; to pierce.
    • The cavalry were not able to break the British squares.
  25. intransitiveTo collapse into surf, after arriving in shallow water.
  26. intransitiveTo burst forth; to make its way; to come into view.
  27. intransitiveTo interrupt or cease one's work or occupation temporarily; to go on break.
    • Let's break for lunch.
  28. transitiveTo interrupt (a fall) by inserting something so that the falling object does not (immediately) hit something else beneath.
    • He survived the jump out the window because the bushes below broke his fall.
  29. ergativetransitiveTo disclose or make known an item of news, a band, etc.
    • The newsman wanted to break a big story, something that would make him famous.
    • I don’t know how to break this to you, but your cat is not coming back.
    • When news of their divorce broke...
  30. intransitiveTo become audible suddenly.
  31. transitiveTo change a steady state abruptly.
    • His coughing broke the silence.
    • His turning on the lights broke the enchantment.
    • With the mood broken, what we had been doing seemed pretty silly.
  32. transitiveTo (attempt to) disengage and flee to; to make a run for.
  33. copulativeinformalTo suddenly become.
    • Things began breaking bad for him when his parents died.
    • The arrest was standard, when suddenly the suspect broke ugly.
  34. intransitiveTo become deeper at puberty.
  35. intransitiveTo alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
    • His voice breaks when he gets emotional.
  36. intransitivetransitiveTo de-emulsify.
    • If you cook it too long, coconut milk will break.
    • A microwave will create hot spots that can break the sauce.
  37. intransitivetransitiveusuallyTo become overwhipped and thus lose its texture.
  38. transitiveTo surpass or do better than (a specific number); to do better than (a record), setting a new record.
    • He broke the men's 100-meter record.
    • I can't believe she broke 3 under par!
    • The policeman broke sixty on a residential street in his hurry to catch the thief.
  39. transitiveTo win a game (against one's opponent) as receiver.
    • He needs to break serve to win the match.
  40. intransitiveTo make the first shot; to scatter the balls from the initial neat arrangement.
    • Is it your or my turn to break?
  41. transitiveTo remove one of the two men on (a point).
  42. transitiveTo demote; to reduce the military rank of.
  43. transitiveTo end (a connection); to disconnect.
    • The referee ordered the boxers to break the clinch.
    • The referee broke the boxers' clinch.
    • I couldn’t hear a thing he was saying, so I broke the connection and called him back.
  44. intransitiveTo counter-attack.
  45. obsoletetransitiveTo lay open, as a purpose; to disclose, divulge, or communicate.
  46. intransitiveTo become weakened in constitution or faculties; to lose health or strength.
  47. transitiveTo destroy the strength, firmness, or consistency of.
    • to break flax
  48. transitiveTo destroy the official character and standing of; to cashier; to dismiss.
  49. intransitiveTo make an abrupt or sudden change; to change gait.
    • to break into a run or gallop
  50. archaicintransitiveTo fall out; to terminate friendship.
  51. To terminate the execution of a program before normal completion.
  52. To suspend the execution of a program during debugging so that the state of the program can be investigated.
  53. To cause, or allow the occurrence of, a line break.
    • zero-width non-breaking space
  54. slangTo B-boy; to breakdance.
  55. rareTo brake.
noun
  1. An instance of breaking something into two or more pieces.
    • The femur has a clean break and so should heal easily.
  2. A physical space that opens up in something or between two things.
    • The sun came out in a break in the clouds.
    • He waited minutes for a break in the traffic to cross the highway.
  3. An interruption of continuity; departure from or rupture with.
  4. A rest or pause, usually from work.
    • Let’s take a five-minute break.
  5. UKA time for students to talk or play between lessons.
  6. A scheduled interval of days or weeks between periods of school instruction; a holiday.
    • winter break, spring break
  7. A short holiday.
    • a weekend break on the Isle of Wight
  8. A temporary split with a romantic partner.
    • I think we need a break.
  9. An interval or intermission between two parts of a performance, for example a theatre show, broadcast, or sports game.
  10. A significant change in circumstance, attitude, perception, or focus of attention.
    • big break
    • lucky break, bad break
    • them's the breaks
  11. A sudden fall in prices on the stock exchange.
  12. The beginning (of the morning).
    • daybreak
    • at the break of day
  13. An act of escaping.
    • to make a break for it; to make a break for the door
    • It was a clean break.
    • prison break
  14. The separation between lines, paragraphs or pages of a written text.
  15. A keystroke or other signal that causes a program to terminate or suspend execution.
  16. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of breakpoint.
  17. UKA change, particularly the end of a spell of persistent good or bad weather.
  18. A game won by the receiving player(s).
  19. The first shot in a game of billiards.
  20. The number of points scored by one player in one visit to the table.
  21. The counter-attack.
  22. The curve imparted to the ball's motion on the green due to slope or grass texture.
  23. A place where waves break (that is, where waves pitch or spill forward creating white water).
    • The final break in the Greenmount area is Kirra Point.
  24. The start of a horse race.
  25. The opening of packages of cards for a collectible card game, often for further distribution to paying customers.
  26. datedA large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.
  27. alternativeAlternative form of brake (“cart or carriage without a body, for breaking in horses”)
  28. A sharp bit or snaffle.
  29. A short section of music, often between verses, in which some performers stop while others continue.
    • The fiddle break was amazing; it was a pity the singer came back in on the wrong note.
  30. The point in the musical scale at which a woodwind instrument is designed to overblow, that is, to move from its lower to its upper register.
    • Crossing the break smoothly is one of the first lessons the young clarinettist needs to master.
  31. The transition area between a singer's vocal registers; the passaggio.
  32. An area along a river that features steep banks, bluffs, or gorges (e.g., Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument, US).
  33. obsoleteslangAn error.
  34. A crease or fold arising where the pants leg reaches the shoe.
    • A full break or even multiple breaks is an older, more conservative style, as modern pants often end well above the shoe, so there is no break.
  35. A section of extended repetition of the percussion break to a song, created by a hip-hop DJ as rhythmic dance music.