brake
Brake can refer to 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, or an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant. As a verb, brake can mean to cause to stop by applying the brakes or stop travelling by applying a brake.
Length
5
Scrabble
11
WWF
12
Starts
BR
Ends
AKE
Difficulty
Medium
Dictionary
What Does “BRAKE” Mean?
brake has 7 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
5 sensesa 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
Synonyms
an area thickly overgrown usually with one kind of plant
anything that slows or hinders a process
“she was not ready to put the brakes on her life with a marriage”
“new legislation will put the brakes on spending”
Verb
2 sensesstop travelling by applying a brake
“We had to brake suddenly when a chicken crossed the road”
“These cars won't brake”
cause to stop by applying the brakes
“brake the car before you go into a curve”
Synonyms for BRAKE
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
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Definition
a restraint used to slow or stop a vehicle
Length
5 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
E
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Letters
B, R, A, K, E
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆BRAKE has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★★★☆BRAKE is a five-letter word, so it can be considered in Wordle-style solving. It includes common vowel information that can help narrow guesses.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆BRAKE can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 5-letter structure.
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Unique Letters
5
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDE
CV Pattern
CCVCV
Vowel Share
40%
Consonant Share
60%
Bigrams
BR, RA, AK, KE
Trigrams
BRA, RAK, AKE
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