BROKE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BROKE 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 BROKE?
| 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: 46 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROKE is to know. It scores 11 from 5 tiles, takes 4 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROKE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BROKE scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in BROKE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| k | 1 | 1 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does BROKE mean in Scrabble?
adjective
informal
Having no money; lacking the funds needed to pay for something.
Broke is the everyday word for being temporarily without money, whether someone has spent their last coin on rent or a company cannot cover its own debts. It works as an adjective in this sense, usually following a verb such as be, go or leave, as in going broke or being flat broke. The same spelling is also the traditional past tense of the verb break, as in the branch broke in the storm, which is a completely separate use of the word. Because broke sounds informal, more careful writing about finance tends to prefer bankrupt or short of money instead.
How BROKE is used
Informal; common in everyday speech about personal finances, less suited to formal or written business contexts.
- He was completely broke after paying the rent.
- The startup went broke within its first year.
- She felt broke until the next payday arrived.
- They stayed broke for months after the move.
- I am too broke to go on holiday this summer.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROKE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BROKE
The 5 tiles of BROKE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BROKE
17 longer words begin with BROKE.
Words ending in BROKE
9 words end in BROKE. Useful as a back hook: play BROKE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BROKE inside
23 words contain BROKE in the middle. Words that start with BROKE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BROKE
Common questions about BROKE
- Is BROKE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROKE, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROKE worth?
- BROKE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROKE mean?
- Having no money; lacking the funds needed to pay for something.
- What letters can be added to BROKE?
- BROKE takes 4 hooks: 0 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of BROKE:
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