debacle

debacle is a 7-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 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 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other debris.
2. noun. a sudden and violent collapse

   Synonyms: fiasco

3. noun. a sound defeat

   Synonyms: drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping

4. noun. flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

Synonyms

fiasco, drubbing, slaughter, thrashing, trouncing, walloping, whipping

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in debacle:

belaced

Common word forms

debacles

Words from these letters

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