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Is broken a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word broken is a Scrabble US word. The word broken is worth 12 points in Scrabble:

B3R1O1K5E1N1

Is broken a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word broken is a Scrabble UK word and has 12 points:

B3R1O1K5E1N1

Is broken a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word broken is a Words With Friends word. The word broken is worth 14 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4R1O1K5E1N2

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6-letter words (1 found)

BROKEN,

5-letter words (5 found)

BERKO,BONER,BORNE,BROKE,KRONE,

4-letter words (23 found)

BERK,BOKE,BONE,BONK,BORE,BORK,BORN,BREN,EBON,KENO,KERB,KERN,KERO,KNOB,KORE,NERK,NORK,ONER,RENK,RENO,ROBE,ROKE,RONE,

3-letter words (28 found)

BEN,BOK,BON,BOR,BRO,EON,ERK,ERN,KEB,KEN,KOB,KON,KOR,NEB,NEK,NOB,NOR,OBE,OKE,ONE,ORB,ORE,REB,REN,REO,ROB,ROE,ROK,

2-letter words (13 found)

BE,BO,EN,ER,KO,NE,NO,OB,OE,OK,ON,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 71 words from broken according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of broken

broken

English

Etymology

From Middle English broken, from Old English brocen, ġebrocen, from Proto-Germanic *brukanaz, past participle of Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”). Cognate with Dutch gebroken (“broken”), German Low German broken (“broken”), German gebrochen (“broken”). Morphologically broke +‎ -n.

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɹoʊ.kɪn/, /ˈbɹoʊ.kən/
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: brōk'ən, IPA(key): /ˈbɹəʊ.kən/
  • Rhymes: -əʊkən

Verb

broken

  1. past participle of break

Adjective

broken (comparative more broken, superlative most broken)

  1. Fragmented; in separate pieces.
    1. (of a bone or body part) Fractured; having the bone in pieces.
    2. (of skin) Split or ruptured.
    3. (of a line) Dashed; made up of short lines with small gaps between each one and the next.
    4. (of sleep) Interrupted; not continuous.
    5. (meteorology, of the sky) Five-eighths to seven-eighths obscured by clouds; incompletely covered by clouds.
    6. (of a melody) Having periods of silence scattered throughout; not regularly continuous.
  2. (of a promise, etc) Breached; violated; not kept.
  3. Non-functional; not functioning properly.
    1. (of an electronic connection) Disconnected, no longer open or carrying traffic.
    2. (software, informal) Badly designed or implemented.
    4. (of language) Grammatically non-standard, especially as a result of being produced by a non-native speaker.
    5. (colloquial, US, of a situation) Not having gone in the way intended; saddening.
  4. (of a person) Completely defeated and dispirited; shattered; destroyed.
  5. Having no money; bankrupt, broke.
    (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)
  6. (of land) Uneven.
  7. (sports, video games, of a tactic or option) Overpowered; overly powerful; giving a player too much power.

Synonyms

  • (fragmented—bone, objects et al): burst, split; see also Thesaurus:broken
  • (fragmented—line, sleep et al): intermittent, spasmodic; see also Thesaurus:discontinuous
  • (not kept): violated
  • (non-functional): borked, malfunctioning; see also Thesaurus:out of order
  • (completely defeated): rekt
  • (having no money): destitute, skint; see also Thesaurus:impoverished
  • (uneven land):
  • (overpowered): OP, unbalanced

Hyponyms

  • heartbroken
  • housebroken
  • jailbroken

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Further reading

  • “broken”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

  • Borken, bonker, borken

Source: wiktionary.org