crumble

crumble is a 7-letter English word with 5 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 18 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 13 · Words With Friends 18 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
2. intransitive verb. To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.
3. verb. fall into decay or ruin

   "The unoccupied house started to decay"

   Synonyms: decay, dilapidate

4. verb. break or fall apart into fragments

   "The cookies crumbled"

   "The Sphinx is crumbling"

5. verb. fall apart

   "the building crumbled after the explosion"

   "Negotiations broke down"

   Synonyms: collapse, crumple, tumble

Synonyms

decay, dilapidate, collapse, crumple, tumble

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in crumble:

clumber

Common word forms

crumbled, crumbles, crumbling, crumblement

Words from these letters

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