Scrabble & Words with friends points
- broken is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 12
- broken is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 12
- broken is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 14
Definition of broken
- out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken') (adjective)
Examples
- a broken washing machine
- the coke machine is broken
Synonyms
- busted
- tamed or trained to obey (adjective)
Examples
- a horse broken to the saddle
- this old nag is well broken in
Synonyms
- broken in
- topographically very uneven (adjective)
Examples
- broken terrain
Synonyms
- rugged
- subdued or brought low in condition or status (adjective)
Examples
- a broken man
- his broken spirit
Synonyms
- crushed
- humbled
- humiliated
- low
- thrown into a state of disarray or confusion (adjective)
Examples
- troops fleeing in broken ranks
Synonyms
- confused
- disordered
- upset
- destroyed financially (adjective)
Examples
- the broken fortunes of the family
Synonyms
- impoverished
- wiped out
- (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded (adjective)
Examples
- broken (or unkept) promises
- broken contracts
Synonyms
- unkept
- discontinuous (adjective)
Examples
- broken clouds
- broken sunshine
- imperfectly spoken or written (adjective)
Examples
- broken English
- lacking a part or parts (adjective)
Examples
- a broken set of encyclopedia
- not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly (adjective)
Examples
- broken lines of defense
- a broken cable transmission
- broken sleep
- tear off the stub above the broken line
- a broken note
- broken sobs
- physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split (adjective)
Examples
- a broken mirror
- a broken tooth
- a broken leg
- his neck is broken
- weakened and infirm (adjective)
Examples
- broken health resulting from alcoholism
See definition of broken in Merriam Webster