What does BRAKE mean?
- Pronunciation
- /breɪk/
- Letters
- 5
- Scrabble score
- 11
- Words With Friends score
- 12
- How common
- Fairly common
Meaning
noun
- a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
- any of various ferns of the genus Pteris having pinnately compound leaves and including several popular houseplants
- large coarse fern often several feet high; essentially weed ferns; cosmopolitan
- an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
- anything that slows or hinders a process“she wan not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage”
verb
- stop travelling by applying a brake“We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”
- cause to stop by applying the brakes“brake the car before you go into a curve”
Definitions from Princeton WordNet 3.0.
Other forms
braked13braking14
Anagrams of BRAKE
Words inside BRAKE
28 shorter words can be made from these letters. Here are the most useful.
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Questions
Is BRAKE a valid word in word games?
BRAKE is in the ENABLE word list, which many word games use, so it is very likely to be accepted. Check your game's own dictionary if a play is challenged.
How many points is BRAKE worth?
BRAKE is worth 11 points with Scrabble letter values and 12 with Words With Friends values, before any bonus squares.
What words can you make from BRAKE?
28 other words, including BE, ARE, RE and BAR.