BRAKE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BRAKE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BRAKE?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 41 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BRAKE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 2 hooks, and its letters make up 6.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BRAKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BRAKE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BRAKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 58,092.
What stands out about BRAKE
- The same 5 tiles also spell 3 other words, so the rack is worth re-reading before you play it.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does BRAKE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A device fitted to a vehicle for slowing it down or bringing it to a stop.
A brake turns the forward motion of a car, bicycle or train into heat through friction, usually by pressing pads or shoes against a wheel or a disc attached to it. Drivers are trained to apply a brake smoothly rather than suddenly, since a hard stop can send a vehicle into a skid on a wet or icy road. Outside traffic, the same word is used figuratively for anything that slows a process, so economists talk about a brake on spending or a brake on growth. An older, unrelated sense of brake names a thicket of ferns or shrubs, a use that survives mainly in place names today.
How BRAKE is used
Common in everyday speech about vehicles, and just as common in the figurative sense of slowing a process.
- She pressed the brake gently as the light turned red.
- A worn brake made the bicycle harder to stop.
- Rising interest rates acted as a brake on spending.
- Mechanics checked every brake before the long drive.
- The train's brake screeched as it pulled into the station.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BRAKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BRAKE
The 5 tiles of BRAKE in a different order — 3 found.
Words starting with BRAKE
9 longer words begin with BRAKE.
Words ending in BRAKE
9 words end in BRAKE. Useful as a back hook: play BRAKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BRAKE inside
12 words contain BRAKE in the middle. Words that start with BRAKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BRAKE
Common questions about BRAKE
- Is BRAKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BRAKE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BRAKE worth?
- BRAKE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BRAKE mean?
- A device fitted to a vehicle for slowing it down or bringing it to a stop.
- What letters can be added to BRAKE?
- BRAKE takes 2 hooks: 0 in front and 2 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BRAKE:
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