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DIVESTS

7 letters, 11 points in Scrabble, 2 vowels

What DIVESTS Means

DIVESTS is a form of DIVEST, which means:

  1. verb: take away possessions from someone“The Nazis stripped the Jews of all their assets”
  2. verb: deprive of status or authority“he was divested of his rights and his title”

Similar words

Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What It Scores

DIVESTS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 11 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 V4 E1 S1 T1 S1.

At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 61 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.

Words Made From The Letters In DIVESTS

94 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.

6 letter words (6)

5 letter words (16)

4 letter words (34)

3 letter words (26)

2 letter words (12)

Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.