DIB is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. DIB is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIB?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIB is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIB
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dibsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DIB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,246.
What does DIB mean in Scrabble?
verb
To make a small hole in soil for a seedling or a seed.
A gardener dibs with a blunt tool about the size of a trowel handle, and the blunt end is the point of it: pushing firms the sides instead of cutting them. The tool is a dibber, and dibs in the schoolyard sense — claiming something before anyone else — is a different word altogether.
How DIB is used
Transitive and intransitive: dib a hole, dib along the row. The tool is a dibber.
- She dibbed a row of holes and dropped a bean in each.
- He dibs faster than anybody else on the allotment.
- The soil is too wet to dib properly.
- A dibber makes a cleaner hole than a finger does.
- They dibbed the whole bed before the rain came.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIB and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIB
The 3 tiles of DIB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DIB
Showing 24 of 26 words that begin with DIB.
Words with DIB inside
Showing 24 of 116 words that contain DIB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DIB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DIB
Common questions about DIB
- Is DIB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIB, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIB worth?
- DIB is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIB mean?
- To make a small hole in soil for a seedling or a seed.
- What letters can be added to DIB?
- DIB takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DIB:
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