DIBBLE is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. DIBBLE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DIBBLE?
| 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: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIBBLE is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIBBLE
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIBBLE scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DIBBLE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 689,845.
What does DIBBLE mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small pointed hand tool pushed into soil to make a hole for a seed, bulb or seedling.
A gardener presses the dibble into the ground, drops a seedling into the hole and firms the earth around it. Traditional ones were made of wood, sometimes from the handle of a broken spade, while modern ones may be metal. The word is also used as a verb for planting this way, and the same tool is often called a dibber.
How DIBBLE is used
Gardening term, common in British writing about planting out seedlings and bulbs.
- He pushed the dibble into the soil and dropped in a leek.
- A wooden dibble is all you need for planting garlic.
- The marks on the dibble show how deep each hole should go.
- She sharpened the end of the old dibble with a knife.
- Using a dibble, the children made a neat row of holes.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIBBLE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DIBBLE
The 6 tiles of DIBBLE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DIBBLE
4 longer words begin with DIBBLE.
Shorter words from the letters in DIBBLE
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Common questions about DIBBLE
- Is DIBBLE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DIBBLE, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DIBBLE worth?
- DIBBLE is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIBBLE mean?
- A small pointed hand tool pushed into soil to make a hole for a seed, bulb or seedling.
- What letters can be added to DIBBLE?
- DIBBLE takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DIBBLE:
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