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Brakes

/bɹeɪks/

Scrabble:12 ptsWWF:13 pts6 letters
Definition of Brakes

noun

  1. A fern; bracken.

noun

  1. A thicket, or an area overgrown with briers etc.

noun

  1. A tool used for breaking flax or hemp.
  2. A type of machine for bending sheet metal. (See wikipedia.)
  3. A large, heavy harrow for breaking clods after ploughing; a drag.

verb

  1. To bruise and crush; to knead

    "The farmer's son brakes the flax while mother brakes the bread dough"

  2. To pulverise with a harrow

noun

  1. An ancient engine of war analogous to the crossbow and ballista.
  2. The handle of a pump.
  3. A device used to slow or stop the motion of a wheel, or of a vehicle, by friction; also, the controls or apparatus used to engage such a mechanism such as the pedal in a car.

    "She slammed the brakes when she saw a child run in front of the car."

  4. A baker's kneading trough.
  5. A device used to confine or prevent the motion of an animal.

verb

  1. To operate (a) brake(s).
  2. To be stopped or slowed (as if) by braking.

noun

  1. A cage.
  2. A type of torture instrument.
Anagrams of Brakes

3 words can be made by rearranging all the letters of "brakes":

bakersbreakskebars

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "brakes" and rearranging:

+aarabesk
+cbackers
+ddebarks
+ebeakersberakes
+lbalkers
+membarks
+nbankers
+rbarkers
Related Word Patterns
BR...Words starting with "br"...ESWords ending with "es"All 6-letter wordsUnscramble "brakes"
Synonyms & Antonyms

SYNONYMS

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Letter Values
b3
r1
a1
k5
e1
s1

Total: 12 Scrabble points

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Rhymes With Brakes
aardwolvesabacusesabalonesabamperesabasesabashesabatesabatisesabattisesabbaciesabbesabbesses
Related 6-Letter Words
baaingbaalimbaasesbabblebabelsbabiedbabierbabiesbabkasbaboolbaboonbaboosbabulsbaccaebached

Word Validity & Sources

SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024

Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.

About the Word "Brakes"

Brakes is a 6-letter word that scores 12 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "brakes" can be rearranged to form 3 other valid words.

Using "Brakes" in Word Games

When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "brakes" is a medium-scoring word.