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Is drib a Scrabble word?

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

D2R1I1B3

Is drib a Scrabble UK word?

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

D2R1I1B3

Is drib a Words With Friends word?

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

D2R1I1B4

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4-letter words (2 found)

BIRD,DRIB,

3-letter words (4 found)

BID,DIB,RIB,RID,

2-letter words (3 found)

BI,DI,ID,

You can make 9 words from drib according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of drib

drib rdib dirb idrb ridb irdb drbi rdbi dbri bdri rbdi brdi dibr idbr dbir bdir ibdr bidr ribd irbd rbid brid ibrd bird

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

Definitions and meaning of drib

drib

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹɪb/
  • Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

From dialectal English drib (compare also drub), a variant from Middle English drepen (“to hit, strike, slay”), from Old English drepan (“to strike, kill, overcome”), from Proto-Germanic *drepaną (“to hit, strike”).

Verb

drib (third-person singular simple present dribs, present participle dribbing, simple past and past participle dribbed)

  1. (transitive) To cut off; chop off.
  2. (transitive) To cut off little by little; cheat by small and reiterated tricks; purloin.
  3. (transitive) To entice step by step.
  4. To appropriate unlawfully; to embezzle.
  5. (transitive, archery) To shoot directly at short range.
  6. (intransitive, archery) To shoot at a mark at short range.
  7. (transitive, archery) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
  8. (transitive, now chiefly British, dialectal) To beat; thrash; drub.
  9. (transitive, now chiefly British, dialectal) To scold.
  10. (transitive, now chiefly British, dialectal, marbles) To strike another player's marble when playing from the trigger.

Etymology 2

From a variant of drip.

Noun

drib (plural dribs)

  1. (obsolete) A drop.
Derived terms
  • dribs and drabs

Anagrams

  • Bird, bird

Source: wiktionary.org