jawbreaking
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 28
- Words With Friends
- 33
- Letters
- 11
Definition of jawbreaking
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Very difficult to pronounce.
“Lord Cockburn, whose forte was not the civil law, affected to listen attentively and take ample notes, when, at last, on Mr Brodie citing some German civilian with a jawbreaking name, his lordship interrupting him asked, […]”
“If he had, he would probably write and talk in a jawbreaking technical language that we ordinary mortals could not more understand readily than we can work a cross-word puzzle without resorting to the dictionary.”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From jaw + breaking.
Words you can make from jawbreaking
200+ playable · top: JERKING (19 pts)
Best play jerking 19 points9-letter words
1 word8-letter words
5 words7-letter words
15 words6-letter words
32 words- JAWING 17 pts
- JERKIN 17 pts
- JINKER 17 pts
- GAWKER 14 pts
- WAKING 14 pts
- AWAKEN 13 pts
- BAKING 13 pts
- INJERA 13 pts
- JARINA 13 pts
- WANKER 13 pts
- WINKER 13 pts
- AKEBIA 12 pts
- BANKER 12 pts
- RAKING 11 pts
- AWEING 10 pts
- EARWIG 10 pts
- GNAWER 10 pts
- KINARA 10 pts
- WARING 10 pts
- WINGER 10 pts
- AIRBAG 9 pts
- BAAING 9 pts
- BANGER 9 pts
- BARING 9 pts
- BINGER 9 pts
- GRABEN 9 pts
- WANIER 9 pts
- EARING 7 pts
- GAINER 7 pts
- REAGIN 7 pts
- REGAIN 7 pts
- REGINA 7 pts
5-letter words
63 words- JAKER 16 pts
- KANJI 16 pts
- JAWAN 15 pts
- JIBER 14 pts
- GANJA 13 pts
- JAGER 13 pts
- JAGRA 13 pts
- REJIG 13 pts
- AWAKE 12 pts
- KNAWE 12 pts
- WAKEN 12 pts
- WAKER 12 pts
- WREAK 12 pts
- BAKER 11 pts
- BEWIG 11 pts
- BIKER 11 pts
- BRAKE 11 pts
- BRANK 11 pts
- BREAK 11 pts
- BRINK 11 pts
- KABAR 11 pts
- KEBAR 11 pts
- BRAWN 10 pts
- BWANA 10 pts
- EKING 10 pts
- KIANG 10 pts
- NAWAB 10 pts
- AWING 9 pts
- GWINE 9 pts
- INKER 9 pts
- REINK 9 pts
- WAGER 9 pts
- WIGAN 9 pts
- WRANG 9 pts
- WRING 9 pts
- AWARE 8 pts
- BARGE 8 pts
- BEGAN 8 pts
- BEGIN 8 pts
- BEING 8 pts
- BINGE 8 pts
- BRING 8 pts
- GIBER 8 pts
- RAWIN 8 pts
- REWAN 8 pts
- REWIN 8 pts
- BAIRN 7 pts
- BINER 7 pts
- BRAIN 7 pts
- BRINE 7 pts
- AGAIN 6 pts
- AGRIA 6 pts
- ANGER 6 pts
- GARNI 6 pts
- GRAIN 6 pts
- GRANA 6 pts
- RANGE 6 pts
- REGNA 6 pts
- REIGN 6 pts
- RENIG 6 pts
- ANEAR 5 pts
- ARENA 5 pts
- NAIRA 5 pts
4-letter words
83 words- JAKE 15 pts
- JERK 15 pts
- JINK 15 pts
- BAWK 13 pts
- JIBE 13 pts
- GAWK 12 pts
- AJAR 11 pts
- JANE 11 pts
- JEAN 11 pts
- BAKE 10 pts
- BANK 10 pts
- BARK 10 pts
- BEAK 10 pts
- BERK 10 pts
- BIKE 10 pts
- BIRK 10 pts
- KBAR 10 pts
- KERB 10 pts
- KIBE 10 pts
- BAWN 9 pts
- BRAW 9 pts
- BREW 9 pts
- GANK 9 pts
- GINK 9 pts
- KING 9 pts
- AKIN 8 pts
- ARAK 8 pts
- GNAW 8 pts
- GREW 8 pts
- KAIN 8 pts
- KANA 8 pts
- KANE 8 pts
- KARN 8 pts
- KEIR 8 pts
- KERN 8 pts
- KIER 8 pts
- KINA 8 pts
- KINE 8 pts
- KIRN 8 pts
- KNAR 8 pts
- ANEW 7 pts
- BANG 7 pts
- BERG 7 pts
- BING 7 pts
- BRAG 7 pts
- BRIG 7 pts
- GARB 7 pts
- GIBE 7 pts
- GRAB 7 pts
- ABRI 6 pts
- BANE 6 pts
- BANI 6 pts
- BARE 6 pts
- BARN 6 pts
- BEAN 6 pts
- BEAR 6 pts
- BIER 6 pts
- BINE 6 pts
- BRAE 6 pts
- BRAN 6 pts
- BREN 6 pts
- BRIE 6 pts
- BRIN 6 pts
- AGAR 5 pts
- AGER 5 pts
- AGIN 5 pts
- ANGA 5 pts
- AREG 5 pts
- GAEN 5 pts
- GAIN 5 pts
- GANE 5 pts
- GEAN 5 pts
- GEAR 5 pts
- GIEN 5 pts
- GIRN 5 pts
- GNAR 5 pts
- GRAN 5 pts
- GRIN 5 pts
- AIRN 4 pts
- AREA 4 pts
- ARIA 4 pts
- ARIE 4 pts
- EARN 4 pts
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