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Is divert a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word divert is a Scrabble US word. The word divert is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

D2I1V4E1R1T1

Is divert a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word divert is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

D2I1V4E1R1T1

Is divert a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word divert is a Words With Friends word. The word divert is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1V5E1R1T1

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6-letter words (2 found)

DIVERT,VERDIT,

5-letter words (8 found)

DIVER,DRIVE,RIVED,RIVET,TIRED,TRIDE,TRIED,VIRED,

4-letter words (24 found)

DERV,DEVI,DIET,DIRE,DIRT,DITE,DIVE,EDIT,IRED,RIDE,RITE,RIVE,TIDE,TIED,TIER,TIRE,TRIE,VERD,VERT,VIDE,VIED,VIER,VIRE,VITE,

3-letter words (19 found)

DEI,DEV,DIE,DIT,DIV,IDE,IRE,RED,REI,RET,REV,RID,RIT,TED,TID,TIE,VET,VID,VIE,

2-letter words (10 found)

DE,DI,ED,ER,ET,ID,IT,RE,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 64 words from divert according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of divert

divert

Etymology

From Middle English diverten, Old French divertir (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”), from Latin di- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈvɜːt/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /daɪˈvɝt/, /dɪˈvɝt/
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

Verb

divert (third-person singular simple present diverts, present participle diverting, simple past and past participle diverted)

  1. (transitive) To turn aside from a course.
  2. (transitive) To distract.
  3. (transitive) To entertain or amuse (by diverting the attention)
  4. (obsolete, intransitive) To turn aside; to digress.

Synonyms

  • (to lead away from a course): offlead

Related terms

  • diversion
  • diversity
  • diverse

Translations

Further reading

  • “divert”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
  • “divert”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • verdit

Source: wiktionary.org