What DIVIDES Means
DIVIDES is a form of DIVIDE, which means:
- verb: separate into parts or portions“divide the cake into three equal parts”
- verb: perform a division“Can you divide 49 by seven?”
- noun: a serious disagreement between two groups of people (typically producing tension or hostility)
- noun: a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DIVIDES is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 12 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 I1 V4 I1 D2 E1 S1.
At seven letters this plays a whole rack, which is a bingo and worth 62 in Scrabble once the 50 point bonus lands.
Words Made From The Letters In DIVIDES
50 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 (4)
5 letter words (10)
4 letter words (15)
3 letter words (14)
2 letter words (7)
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.