Meaning
- (noun) An advance through and past enemy lines.
- (noun) Any major progress; such as a great innovation or discovery that overcomes a significant obstacle. “Albert Einstein is credited with making some of the greatest breakthroughs in modern physics.”
- (noun) The penetration of the opposition defence
- (noun) The penetration of a separating wall or the remaining distance to an adjacent hollow (a crosscut in mining) or between two parts of a tunnel build from both ends; knockthrough.
- (adjective) Characterized by major progress or overcoming some obstacle. “a breakthrough technological advance”
Letter breakdown
- Breakthrough contains 12 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 8 consonant(s).
- It uses 10 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 2.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 25.
Words from these letters
- outbreak
- brother
- brought
- burgher
- garrote
- outrage
- rougher
- through
- tougher
- urethra
- author
- barker
- barter
- bather
- boater
- bother
- bought
- breath
- brogue
- broker
- burger
- garote
- garret
- garter
- gather
- grater
- harbor
- hearth
- hurrah
- outage
- ragout
- rather
- router
- rugrat
- though
- trough
- abhor
- abort
- about
- arbor
- argot
- argue
- auger
- aught
- baker
- barer
- barge
- bathe
- begat
- begot
- berth
- borer
- bough
- brake
- break
- broke
- broth
- brute
- burka
Connected words
Other 12-letter words
- abbreviating
- abbreviation
- abolitionist
- abominations
- abortionists
- abrasiveness
- abridgements
- abstractedly
- abstractions
- abstractness
- abstruseness
- academically
- academicians
- accelerating
- acceleration
- accelerators
- accentuating
- accentuation
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 UGH
Reader questions
What does Breakthrough mean?
An advance through and past enemy lines.
How many letters are in Breakthrough?
Breakthrough has 12 letters.
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