Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “In arithmetic you learn how to add, subtract, multiply and ____.”, starting with the letters di.
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verb
- To separate into two or more parts, areas, or groups
"divide the city into wards"
- To separate into classes, categories, or divisions
"divide history into epochs"
- Cleave, part
"a ship dividing the waves"
- To separate into portions and give out in shares distribute
"divide profits"
- To possess, enjoy, or make use of in common
"divide the blame"
- Apportion
"divides her time between the office and home"
- To cause to be separate, distinct, or apart from one another
"fields divided by stone walls"
- To separate into opposing sides or parties
"the issues that divide us"
- To cause (a parliamentary body) to vote by division
- To subject (a number or quantity) to the operation of finding how many times it contains another number or quantity
"divide 42 by 14"
- To be used as a divisor} with respect to (a {a_link)
"4 divides 16 evenly"
- To use as a divisor
- To perform mathematical division
- To become separated or disunited especially in opinion or interest
noun
- An act of dividing
- A dividing ridge between drainage areas
- A point or line of division or disagreement
Latin phrase
- Divide and rule split the opposition so that it ceases to threaten your own power
idiom
- To make a group of people disagree and fight with one another so that they will not join together against one
"His military strategy is to divide and conquer."
idiom
- To be capable of dividing into a larger number an exact number of times such that there is nothing left over
"Two divides evenly into eight."
noun
- The economic, educational, and social inequalities between those who have computers and online access and those who do not
noun
- A significant point of division
geographical name
- The watershed of North America comprising the line of highest points of land separating the waters flowing west from those flowing north or east, coinciding with various ranges of the Rockies, and extending south-southeast from northwestern Canada to northwestern South America
This clue was used on August 23, 2025.