sunder

Meanings

Plural: sunders

Verb

break apart or in two, using violence
To break or separate or to break apart, especially with force.
To part, separate.
To expose to the sun and wind.

Adj

Sundry; separate; different.

Noun

a separation into parts; a division or severance

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English sunder, from Old English sundor- (“separate, different”), from Proto-Germanic *sundraz (“isolated, particular, alone”), from Proto-Indo-European *snter-, *seni-, *senu-, *san- (“apart, without, for oneself”). Cognate with Old Saxon sundar (“particular, special”), Dutch zonder (“without”), German sonder- (“special”), German sondern (“to separate, set apart”), Old Norse sundr (“separate”), Danish sønder (“apart, asunder”), Latin sine (“without”).

Scrabble Score: 7

sunder is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sunder is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sunder is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

sunder is a valid Words With Friends word