DOB is valid in Collins, not in North America — 6 points
It depends on the list you play by. DOB 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 6 points. Words with Friends does accept it.
Which word lists accept DOB?
| 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 | Valid |
Word power: 39 / 100
Our own measure of how useful DOB is to know. It scores 6 from 3 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 4.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for DOB
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How DOB scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in DOB, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| d | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 2,527.
What does DOB mean in Scrabble?
verb
informalAustralian
To inform on someone; to report a person to those in authority.
To dob is to break a rule that matters more than the one being reported: in Australian and New Zealand speech, dobbing carries a weight that telling does not, and the person who does it is a dobber for a long time afterwards. The verb also means to nominate someone for a job they did not want — dobbed in for the barbecue.
How DOB is used
Usually with in — to dob someone in. Inflects normally: dobs, dobbed, dobbing.
- Somebody dobbed him in and the whole class knew who.
- She was dobbed in for the raffle without being asked.
- Nobody dobs, and everybody knows what happened.
- He dobbed on his brother once and never lived it down.
- Being dobbed in to run the stall counts as volunteering.
- The rule against dobbing outlasts the rules it protects.
- They dobbed the driver in for the third time that month.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of DOB and 7 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of DOB
The 3 tiles of DOB in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with DOB
Showing 24 of 33 words that begin with DOB.
Words with DOB inside
Showing 24 of 27 words that contain DOB somewhere in the middle. Words that start with DOB are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in DOB
Common questions about DOB
- Is DOB valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts DOB, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is DOB worth?
- DOB is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does DOB mean?
- To inform on someone; to report a person to those in authority.
- What letters can be added to DOB?
- DOB takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of DOB:
Open DOB in the Word Finder