DABBA is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. DABBA is in Collins, used in the UK and most of the world, but it is not in the North American lists — so in a US or Canadian game an opponent can challenge it off the board. Worth 10 points. Words with Friends does not accept it either.
Which word lists accept DABBA?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Not listed |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Not listed |
Word power: 34 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DABBA is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DABBA
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dabbasChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DABBA scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DABBA, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| a | 2 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does DABBA mean in Scrabble?
noun
Indian English
A round metal container used in India to carry hot food, especially a packed meal.
A dabba is best known from the stacked tiffin carriers delivered across cities such as Mumbai by dabbawalas, with each dabba usually holding a full meal in separate stacked tiers. The word simply means box in everyday Hindi and covers similar containers generally.
How DABBA is used
Indian English; common in everyday speech and writing about packed meals and tiffin delivery.
- She packed his lunch into a stainless steel dabba.
- The dabbawala collects each dabba from home and delivers it to the office by noon.
- A dabba can hold rice, curry and bread in separate tiers.
- He carried his dabba on the train every morning.
- The word dabba simply means a box in everyday Hindi.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DABBA and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DABBA
1 longer words begin with DABBA.
Shorter words from the letters in DABBA
Common questions about DABBA
- Is DABBA valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DABBA is not in it.
- How many points is DABBA worth?
- DABBA is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DABBA mean?
- A round metal container used in India to carry hot food, especially a packed meal.
- What letters can be added to DABBA?
- DABBA takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DABBA:
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