separate

VERBADJECTIVENOUN /sɛpɜrət/
8 LETTERS · 3 SYLLABLES · STARTS WITH S

separate is a valid 8-letter word worth 10 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.

SCRABBLE WORDS WITH FRIENDS
S1E1P3A1R1A1T1E1
1 + 1 + 3 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 =10 PTS
DOUBLE WORD → 20TRIPLE WORD → 30
MEANING

What does separate mean?

VERB · 13 SENSES
2

Make a division or separation.

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3

Go one's own way; move apart.

“The friends separated after the party”

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5

Come apart.

“The two pieces that we had glued separated”

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6

Divide into components or constituents.

7

Act as a barrier between; stand between.

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9
11

Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.

“The couple separated after 25 years of marriage”

12

Force, take, or pull apart.

“He separated the fighting children”

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13

Divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork.

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ADJECTIVE · 4 SENSES
1

Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything.

“a house with a separate garage”

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SIMILAR
2

Independent; not united or joint.

“a problem consisting of two separate issues”

“they went their separate ways”

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3

Separated according to race, sex, class, or religion.

“separate but equal”

“girls and boys in separate classes”

4

Have the connection undone; having become separate.

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NOUN · 2 SENSES
1

A separately printed article that originally appeared in a larger publication.

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2

A garment that can be purchased separately and worn in combinations with other garments.

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AT THE BOARD

Anagrams of separate

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