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Broadax

7 lettersnounrare

Updated June 2026

Definition

A large axe with a wide, flat cutting blade, used traditionally for shaping or hewing timber.

The carpenter swung the broadax with practised ease to square the rough-hewn log.

Pronunciation

Syllables

broad·ax

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Synonyms

broadaxe

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Wordle

Contains BROAD at the start with AX at the end, the X is a rare and valuable letter

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Scrabble

Worth 17 points, the X makes this an excellent high-scoring play in Scrabble

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