Web platform features explorer - <code>word-break: break-word</code>

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This feature is discouraged. Consider using overflow-wrap instead. For the rationale, see:

https://drafts.csswg.org/css-text/#valdef-word-break-break-word

The word-break: break-word CSS declaration sets word breaks to occur according to their customary rules. Superseded by overflow-wrap: anywhere.

Learning resources on MDN

Break-word, in word-break

Browser support

Chrome 1 Released on 2008-12-11
Chrome Android 18 Released on 2012-06-27
Edge 12 Released on 2015-07-29
Firefox 67 Released on 2019-05-21
Firefox for Android 67 Released on 2019-05-21
Safari 3 Released on 2007-10-26
Safari on iOS 2 Released on 2008-07-11

Specifications

CSS Text Module Level 3 (#word-break-property), from Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group (W3C).

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