DIVERGENT is a valid Scrabble word — 14 points
Yes. DIVERGENT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 14 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIVERGENT?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIVERGENT is to know. It scores 14 from 9 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 6.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIVERGENT
No single letter turns DIVERGENT into another word.
How DIVERGENT scores
Face value of the 9 tiles in DIVERGENT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| v | 1 | 2 |
| e | 2 | 12 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so DIVERGENT has to be built on the board across turns.
What does DIVERGENT mean in Scrabble?
adjective
Moving apart from a common point, or differing sharply from one another.
Roads, lines and opinions can all be divergent, and the picture is always of paths spreading further as they go. In mathematics a series is divergent when its sum grows without settling.
How DIVERGENT is used
Used for paths, views and results that grow further apart.
- The two friends took divergent paths after school.
- Experts gave divergent opinions on the plan.
- Divergent rays of light spread from the lamp.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIVERGENT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIVERGENT
1 longer words begin with DIVERGENT.
Shorter words from the letters in DIVERGENT
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Common questions about DIVERGENT
- Is DIVERGENT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIVERGENT, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIVERGENT worth?
- DIVERGENT is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIVERGENT mean?
- Moving apart from a common point, or differing sharply from one another.
- What letters can be added to DIVERGENT?
- No single letter can be added to DIVERGENT to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 9 letters of DIVERGENT:
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