Divorce
7 lettersnouncommonUpdated February 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.”
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Contains DIV- opening and -ORCE ending; features vowels I and O
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Worth 13 points; the V (4 points) and C (3 points) provide good scoring potential
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