DIBBS is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. DIBBS 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 DIBBS?
| 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: 28 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIBBS is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 4.2% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIBBS
No single letter turns DIBBS into another word.
How DIBBS scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DIBBS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| b | 2 | 2 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 522,830.
What does DIBBS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalBritish
Money, in informal British slang; also a spoken claim of first right to something.
Dibbs is a variant spelling of dibs, and both forms trace back to dibstones, an old children's game played with small stones or knucklebones for stakes. The money sense stayed current in British slang long after the game itself was forgotten, and a related shout of dibbs claims an object before anyone else can. The doubled b in dibbs is simply the less common of the two spellings, not a separate word.
How DIBBS is used
Informal; the money sense is chiefly British, while shouting dibbs to claim something is heard more widely.
- He hasn't got the dibbs for a new bike.
- She called dibbs on the last seat by the window.
- Nobody spends their own dibbs that freely.
- Dibbs on the front seat, he shouted first.
- The old game paid out in dibbs, not coins.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIBBS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Shorter words from the letters in DIBBS
Common questions about DIBBS
- Is DIBBS valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DIBBS is not in it.
- How many points is DIBBS worth?
- DIBBS is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIBBS mean?
- Money, in informal British slang; also a spoken claim of first right to something.
- What letters can be added to DIBBS?
- No single letter can be added to DIBBS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DIBBS:
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