jawbreaker
Plural: jawbreakers
Noun
- a large round hard candy
- a word that is hard to pronounce
- A large, extremely hard, boiled candy, typically spherical.
- A long, hard-to-pronounce word.
- A hard blow to the side of the face.
Examples
- The word “callipygous” is something of a jawbreaker.
Origin / Etymology
Compound of jaw + breaker.
Synonyms
gobstopper, jaw-twister, mouthful
Scrabble Score: 26
jawbreaker: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordjawbreaker: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
jawbreaker: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 29
jawbreaker: valid Words With Friends Word