breakdown
Breakdown can refer to the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue, a mental or physical breakdown, or a cessation of normal operation.
Length
9
Scrabble
19
WWF
21
Starts
BR
Ends
OWN
Difficulty
Hard
Dictionary
What Does “BREAKDOWN” Mean?
/ˈbɹeɪkdaʊn/
breakdown has 6 documented senses across noun.
Noun
6 sensesthe act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
“the social dislocations resulting from government policies”
“his warning came after the breakdown of talks in London”
Synonyms
a mental or physical breakdown
(biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action
a cessation of normal operation
“there was a power breakdown”
an analysis into mutually exclusive categories
Synonyms
(chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance
Synonyms
Synonyms for BREAKDOWN
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
9
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
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Definition
the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue
Length
9 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
N
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Letters
B, R, E, A, K, D, O, W, N
Use Case
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Letter Breakdown
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★★BREAKDOWN has a Scrabble score of 19. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BREAKDOWN is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★☆☆BREAKDOWN can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 9-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★★☆BREAKDOWN uses unique letters, giving more flexibility when checking possible anagrams and word game combinations.
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Unique Letters
9
Repeated Letters
0
Highest Value Letter
K
Letter Pattern
ABCDEFGHI
CV Pattern
CCVVCCVCC
Vowel Share
33%
Consonant Share
67%
Bigrams
BR, RE, EA, AK, KD, DO, OW, WN
Trigrams
BRE, REA, EAK, AKD, KDO, DOW, OWN
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