divide
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How divide fits the hive
Base Score
6
Before any pangram bonus
Unique Letters
4
D E I V
Two-Letter Start
DI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
DE
Useful for cleanup scans
- 6 letters
- 4 unique letters
- DI start
- DE ending
- repeated letters
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- divide is worth 6 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 4 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include d, e, i, v plus any remaining hive letters.
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Pronunciation
Definitions
noun
A thing that divides.
"Stay on your side of the divide, please."
noun
An act of dividing.
"The divide left most of the good land on my share of the property."
noun
A distancing between two people or things.
"There is a great divide between us."
noun
A large chasm, gorge, or ravine between two areas of land.
"If you're heading to the coast, you'll have to cross the divide first."
noun
The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
verb
To split or separate (something) into two or more parts.
"a wall divides two houses; a stream divides the towns"
verb
To share (something) by dividing it.
"How shall we divide this pie?"
verb
(with by) To calculate the number (the quotient) by which you must multiply one given number (the divisor) to produce a second given number (the dividend).
"If you divide 6 by 3, you get 2."
verb
To be a divisor of.
"3 divides 6."
verb
To separate into two or more parts.
verb
Of a cell, to reproduce by dividing.
verb
To disunite in opinion or interest; to make discordant or hostile; to set at variance.
verb
To break friendship; to fall out.
verb
To have a share; to partake.
verb
To vote, as in the British parliament and other legislatures, by the members separating themselves into two parties (as on opposite sides of the hall or in opposite lobbies), that is, the ayes dividing from the noes.
verb
To mark divisions on; to graduate.
"to divide a sextant"
verb
To play or sing in a florid style, or with variations.
Related Words
Same Letters
- divided
- divvied
- dived
- ivied
- dive
- vide
- vied
Synonyms
- separate
- shear
- split
- splitup
- divideup
- divvyup
- share
- shareout
- cutup
- disunite
- partition
Antonyms
- multiply
- combine
- merge
- unify
- unite