DINGUS is a valid Scrabble word — 8 points
Yes. DINGUS is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 8 points in Scrabble and 11 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept DINGUS?
| 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: 24 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DINGUS is to know. It scores 8 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.0% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DINGUS
No single letter turns DINGUS into another word.
How DINGUS scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in DINGUS, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| g | 1 | 3 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| s | 1 | 4 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 114,974.
What does DINGUS mean in Scrabble?
noun
informalNorth American
A small object or gadget whose proper name a speaker cannot remember or does not bother to state.
Dingus works as a stand-in name for almost any small device, part, or contraption, used when the exact word slips the speaker's mind or simply does not matter for the story being told. It belongs to the same informal family as thingamajig and whatsit, and North American speakers reach for dingus most often in casual talk about tools, machine parts, or odd little household items. It is never used in formal or technical writing.
How DINGUS is used
Informal, mainly North American; used in casual speech for an unnamed gadget or object.
- Hand me that dingus on the workbench, the one with the red handle.
- He fixed the leak with some little dingus he bought at the hardware store.
- Nobody could remember what the metal dingus on the shelf was actually for.
- She pointed at the plastic dingus and asked what it was supposed to do.
- The mechanic called every unfamiliar part under the hood a dingus.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DINGUS and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with DINGUS
1 longer words begin with DINGUS.
Shorter words from the letters in DINGUS
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Common questions about DINGUS
- Is DINGUS valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DINGUS, where it scores 11 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DINGUS worth?
- DINGUS is worth 8 points in Scrabble and 11 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DINGUS mean?
- A small object or gadget whose proper name a speaker cannot remember or does not bother to state.
- What letters can be added to DINGUS?
- No single letter can be added to DINGUS to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of DINGUS:
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