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diverse

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Is diverse a Scrabble word?

Yes, diverse is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 11 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of diverse?

Definition

adj (English)

1. (nonstandard) Of a person: belonging to a minority group.Examples: "The Board's [i.e., Board of Governors'] goal is to commit to doubling the number of women and diverse members of the Academy by 2020."; "Here to comment is diverse Congresswoman from Ohio—please welcome representative Marcia Fudge."; "[Mike] Richards came under fierce criticism since he was formally hired to emcee the legendary quiz show, with some longtime fans saying they believed the producers should have selected a more diverse candidate for the job, such as the actor and presenter LeVar Burton."nonstandard

2. (obsolete)Examples: "This kyng Edward the .ii. father to the noble kyng Edward the .iii. had .ii. bretherñ⸝ the one called Marſhall⸝ who was ryght wyld ⁊ diuers of condicions⸝ the other called ſir Aymon erle of Cane right wyse⸝ amiable⸝ gẽtle [gentle] and wellbeloued with al people."; "[Y]ou that beſt ſhould teach vs, / Haue miſdemean'd your ſelfe, and not a little: / Tovvard the King firſt, then his Lavves, in filling / The vvhole Realme, by your teaching & your Chaplaines / (for ſo vve are inform'd) vvith nevv opinions, / Diuers and dangerous; vvhich are Hereſies; / And not reform'd, may proue pernicious."obsolete

3. (obsolete)obsolete

4. (obsolete)Examples: "So many pathes, ſo many turnings ſeene, / That vvhich of them to take, in diuerſe doubt they been."obsoleterare

adv (English)

1. (obsolete) Synonym of diversely (“in different directions”).Examples: "[The river in the Garden of Eden] novv divided into four main Streams, / Runs divers, vvandring many a famous Realme / And Country vvhereof here needs no account, […]"; "The Gourd, / And thirſty Cucumer, vvhen they perceive / Th' approaching Olive, vvith Reſentment fly / Her fatty Fibres, and vvith Tendrils creep / Diverſe, deteſting Contact; […]"; "To ſeize his papers, Curl, vvas next thy care; / His papers light, fly diverſe, toſt in air: […]"Synonyms: diverselyobsolete

verb (English)

1. (transitive) Synonym of diversify.Examples: "I Dyuerſe[,] I make difference⸝ Ie diuerſifie, prime coniu."; "In the Eocene, when the Old World and American mammal fauna were more nearly related, we have a hypothetical genus, Archipithecus, from which diversed a branch giving rise to the platyrhine apes, the families Cebidæ and Hapalidæ."; "Nature does have a way of altering and diversing wetlands, streams and portholes through a period of a long range of years."transitive

2. (transitive) Synonym of diversify.Examples: "The investors in the SPC [special purpose company] derive their return, and well as diversing their risk, from three factors."transitive

3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To go a different route or way from someone else; to diverge, to separate.Examples: "Then each to other vvell affectionate, / Friendſhip profeſſed vvith vnfained hart, / The Redcroſſe knight diuerſt, but forth rode Britomart."; "We regret that the gentleman diversed so widely from the subject before the committee."intransitiveobsoleterare

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "diverse"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "diverse"?

Scrabble
11 points
D2
I1
V4
E1
R1
S1
E1
Words With Friends
12 points
D2
I1
V4
E1
R1
S1
E1

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