BREAKEVEN is a valid Scrabble word — 18 points
Yes. BREAKEVEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 18 points in Scrabble and 21 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BREAKEVEN?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 38 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BREAKEVEN is to know. It scores 18 from 9 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 6.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BREAKEVEN
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
breakevensChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BREAKEVEN scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in BREAKEVEN, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| e | 3 | 12 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BREAKEVEN has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BREAKEVEN mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
The point at which income exactly matches costs, so that a business makes neither a profit nor a loss.
Managers calculate a breakeven figure to learn how many sales are needed before a product starts paying for itself. Anything sold beyond that mark is profit, and anything short of it is a loss. The term is also written as two words or with a hyphen.
How BREAKEVEN is used
Common in business, accounting and investing, often in phrases such as breakeven point or breakeven analysis.
- The new cafe reached breakeven after only eight months.
- We need to sell two thousand units to hit breakeven.
- Her spreadsheet showed breakeven would arrive in the third quarter.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BREAKEVEN and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BREAKEVEN
1 longer words begin with BREAKEVEN.
Shorter words from the letters in BREAKEVEN
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Common questions about BREAKEVEN
- Is BREAKEVEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BREAKEVEN, where it scores 21 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BREAKEVEN worth?
- BREAKEVEN is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BREAKEVEN mean?
- The point at which income exactly matches costs, so that a business makes neither a profit nor a loss.
- What letters can be added to BREAKEVEN?
- BREAKEVEN takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of BREAKEVEN:
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