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Is dibs a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word dibs is a Scrabble US word. The word dibs is worth 7 points in Scrabble:

D2I1B3S1

Is dibs a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word dibs is a Scrabble UK word and has 7 points:

D2I1B3S1

Is dibs a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word dibs is a Words With Friends word. The word dibs is worth 8 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

D2I1B4S1

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4-letter words (2 found)

BIDS,DIBS,

3-letter words (6 found)

BID,BIS,DIB,DIS,IDS,SIB,

2-letter words (5 found)

BI,DI,ID,IS,SI,

You can make 13 words from dibs according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of dibs

dibs idbs dbis bdis ibds bids disb idsb dsib sdib isdb sidb dbsi bdsi dsbi sdbi bsdi sbdi ibsd bisd isbd sibd bsid sbid

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word dibs. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in dibs.

Definitions and meaning of dibs

dibs

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪbz/
  • Rhymes: -ɪbz

Etymology 1

Since the early 19th century, of disputed origin. Most commonly thought to be from dibstones (“counters used in a game with the same name”). Also from dib (“to tap”) or related to northern English dip (“small depression in the ground”), or a shortened version of divide.

Noun

dibs (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The right to use or enjoy something exclusively or before anyone else.
    I call dibs on the hammock!
    Who's got dibs on the chips?
Synonyms
  • bags (Australia, New Zealand, Ireland)
Derived terms
  • first dibs
Translations

Interjection

dibs

  1. (informal) Used to claim this right
Translations

Verb

dibs (third-person singular simple present dibses, present participle dibsing, simple past and past participle dibsed)

  1. (informal) To claim a temporary right to (something); to reserve.
Synonyms
  • (to reserve): bagsy (UK), bags (Australia)
Translations

Etymology 2

From Arabic دِبْس (dibs).

Noun

dibs (uncountable)

  1. (dated) A sweet preparation or treacle of grape juice, much used in the East.

Etymology 3

Noun

dibs

  1. plural of dib
  2. (obsolete) A child's game, played with dib bones or stones, throwing them up from one's palm and catching them on the back of the hand.
  3. (slang, archaic) Money.

References

  • (money): 2017, Tony Crowley, The Liverpool English Dictionary (page 76)

Anagrams

  • BIDS, IDBs, bids

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