DIMBO is valid in Collins, not in North America — 10 points
It depends on the list you play by. DIMBO 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 DIMBO?
| 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: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DIMBO is to know. It scores 10 from 5 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DIMBO
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
dimbosChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DIMBO scores
Face value of the 5 tiles in DIMBO, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| m | 1 | 2 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
Drawing exactly these 5 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 65,354.
What does DIMBO mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalhumorous
A stupid or foolish person, in informal British slang.
Dimbo blends dim, meaning slow-witted, with bimbo, and it names the person rather than any particular action of theirs. It reads as mocking rather than vicious, closer to buffoon than to a harsher insult, and it appears mostly in casual spoken put-downs. The word can be used of anyone regardless of sex, unlike bimbo, which it otherwise echoes in sound.
How DIMBO is used
Informal and mildly disparaging; used in casual speech rather than formal writing.
- Stop acting like such a dimbo.
- He called the new intern a dimbo behind his back.
- Nobody thought he was a dimbo until that meeting.
- The film cast him as a lovable dimbo.
- She isn't a dimbo, just distracted today.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DIMBO and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DIMBO
2 longer words begin with DIMBO.
Shorter words from the letters in DIMBO
Common questions about DIMBO
- Is DIMBO valid in Words with Friends?
- No. Words with Friends keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries, and DIMBO is not in it.
- How many points is DIMBO worth?
- DIMBO is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DIMBO mean?
- A stupid or foolish person, in informal British slang.
- What letters can be added to DIMBO?
- DIMBO takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 5 letters of DIMBO:
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