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Is divorce a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word divorce is a Scrabble US word. The word divorce is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Is divorce a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word divorce is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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Is divorce a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word divorce is a Words With Friends word. The word divorce is worth 15 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

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7-letter words (2 found)

CODRIVE,DIVORCE,

6-letter words (7 found)

CERVID,CORVID,DEVOIR,DOVIER,VOICED,VOICER,VOIDER,

5-letter words (24 found)

CIDER,CODER,CORED,COVED,COVER,CREDO,CRIED,DECOR,DICER,DIVER,DORIC,DOVER,DOVIE,DRICE,DRIVE,DROVE,RICED,RIVED,ROVED,VICED,VIDEO,VIRED,VIREO,VOICE,

4-letter words (48 found)

CEDI,CERO,CIDE,CIRE,CIVE,CODE,COED,COID,COIR,CORD,CORE,COVE,CRED,DECO,DERO,DERV,DEVI,DEVO,DICE,DIRE,DIVE,DIVO,DOER,DORE,DOVE,ECOD,ERIC,ICED,ICER,IRED,ODIC,OVER,REDO,RICE,RIDE,RIVE,RIVO,RODE,ROED,ROID,ROVE,VERD,VICE,VIDE,VIED,VIER,VIRE,VOID,

3-letter words (32 found)

CID,COD,COR,DEI,DEV,DIE,DIV,DOC,DOE,DOR,ECO,EVO,ICE,IDE,IRE,ODE,ORC,ORD,ORE,REC,RED,REI,REO,REV,RID,ROC,ROD,ROE,VID,VIE,VOE,VOR,

2-letter words (12 found)

DE,DI,DO,ED,ER,ID,IO,OD,OE,OI,OR,RE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 126 words from divorce according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of divorce

divorce

Etymology

From Old French divorce, from Latin dīvortium, from dīvertere (“to turn aside”), from dī- (“apart”) + vertere (“to turn”); see verse.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɔːs/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɔɹs/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /dɪˈvo(ː)ɹs/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /dɪˈvoəs/
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)s

Noun

divorce (countable and uncountable, plural divorces)

  1. The legal dissolution of a marriage.
    Richard obtained a divorce from his wife some years ago, but hasn't returned to the dating scene.
  2. A separation of connected things.
    The Civil War split between Virginia and West Virginia was a divorce based along cultural and economic as well as geographic lines.
  3. (zoology) The separation of a bonded pair of animals.
  4. (obsolete) That which separates.

Synonyms

  • (legal dissolution of a marriage): divorcement
  • (separation of connected things): partition, separation, severance

Antonyms

  • marriage

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

divorce (third-person singular simple present divorces, present participle divorcing, simple past and past participle divorced)

  1. (transitive) To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
  2. (transitive) To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
  3. (intransitive) To obtain a legal divorce.
  4. (transitive) To separate something that was connected.

Synonyms

  • (to legally dissolve a marriage): split up
  • (to separate something that was connected): disassociate, disjoint, dissociate, disunite, separate

Antonyms

  • marry

Derived terms

  • divorcee
  • innocently divorced

Translations

Anagrams

  • codrive

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.vɔʁs/

Etymology 1

From Latin dīvortium.

Noun

divorce m (plural divorces)

  1. divorce
Derived terms
  • divorcer

Etymology 2

Verb

divorce

  1. inflection of divorcer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “divorce”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Source: wiktionary.org