Meaning
- (noun) A fall that breaks the neck.
- (noun) A dangerous steep place from which one could fall.
- (adjective) Dangerously fast; hell-for-leather. “He came running around the corner at a breakneck pace and couldn't stop in time to avoid hitting the fruit stand.”
Letter breakdown
- Breakneck contains 9 letters: 3 vowel(s) and 6 consonant(s).
- It uses 7 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 21.
Words from these letters
- bracken
- knacker
- backer
- banker
- beaker
- canker
- careen
- baker
- brace
- brake
- break
- crane
- crank
- creak
- creek
- knack
- nacre
- acne
- acre
- back
- bake
- bane
- bank
- bare
- bark
- barn
- beak
- bean
- bear
- beck
- been
- beer
- bran
- cake
- cane
- care
- crab
- earn
- keen
- knee
- narc
- nark
- near
- neck
- race
- rack
- rake
- rank
- reek
- ace
- arc
- are
- ark
- ban
- bar
- bee
- bra
- cab
- can
Connected words
Other 9-letter words
- aardvarks
- abandoned
- abasement
- abatement
- abattoirs
- abdicated
- abdicates
- abdominal
- abductees
- abducting
- abduction
- abductors
- abhorrent
- abhorring
- abilities
- ablatives
- ablutions
- abnegated
Words starting with BRE
- breach
- breached
- breaches
- breaching
- bread
- breadbasket
- breadbaskets
- breaded
- breadfruit
- breadfruits
- breading
- breads
- breadth
- breadths
- breadwinner
- breadwinners
- break
- breakable
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Words ending with ECK
Reader questions
What does Breakneck mean?
A fall that breaks the neck.
How many letters are in Breakneck?
Breakneck has 9 letters.
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