Divorce
7 lettersnouncommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
The legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body. As a verb, it means to legally end a marriage or to separate or dissociate something from something else.
“After years of trying to make it work, they finally decided to file for divorce.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/dɪˈvɔːs/
Syllables
di·vorce
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Wordle
Contains DIV- opening and -ORCE ending; features vowels I and O
Scrabble
Worth 13 points; the V (4 points) and C (3 points) provide good scoring potential
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