BROKEN is a valid Scrabble word — 12 points
Yes. BROKEN is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 12 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BROKEN?
| 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: 32 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BROKEN is to know. It scores 12 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BROKEN
No single letter turns BROKEN into another word.
How BROKEN scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BROKEN, 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 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 172,461.
What does BROKEN mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Damaged or split into pieces, or no longer working properly.
Broken describes a thing that has been smashed, cracked or cut apart, like a broken plate or a broken bone. It also covers machines that have stopped working, and promises or rules that have been violated. People can be broken too, meaning crushed in spirit, and broken English means a language spoken with many mistakes.
How BROKEN is used
Also the past participle of break; as an adjective it has many figurative uses.
- The broken window let the cold air into the room.
- He kept the broken watch because it had belonged to his father.
- A broken promise is hard to repair.
- She spoke in broken French but made herself understood.
- The long defeat left the team feeling broken.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BROKEN and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BROKEN
5 longer words begin with BROKEN.
Shorter words from the letters in BROKEN
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Common questions about BROKEN
- Is BROKEN valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BROKEN, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BROKEN worth?
- BROKEN is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BROKEN mean?
- Damaged or split into pieces, or no longer working properly.
- What letters can be added to BROKEN?
- No single letter can be added to BROKEN to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BROKEN:
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