Divorcing
verb
- To legally dissolve a marriage between two people.
"A ship captain can marry couples, but cannot divorce them."
- To end one's own marriage to (a person) in this way.
"Lucy divorced Steve when she discovered that he had been unfaithful."
- To obtain a legal divorce.
"Edna and Simon divorced last year; he got the house, and she retained the business."
- To separate something that was connected.
"The radical group voted to divorce itself from the main faction and start an independent movement."
1 word can be made by rearranging all the letters of "divorcing":
ANTONYMS
Total: 16 Scrabble points
Word Validity & Sources
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Divorcing"
Divorcing is a 9-letter word that scores 16 points in Scrabble and 20 points in Words With Friends. The letters in "divorcing" can be rearranged to form 1 other valid word.
Using "Divorcing" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "divorcing" is a high-scoring word.