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Is fib a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word fib is a Scrabble US word. The word fib is worth 8 points in Scrabble:

F4I1B3

Is fib a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word fib is a Scrabble UK word and has 8 points:

F4I1B3

Is fib a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word fib is a Words With Friends word. The word fib is worth 9 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

F4I1B4

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3-letter words (1 found)

FIB,

2-letter words (2 found)

BI,IF,

You can make 3 words from fib according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 3 letters words made out of fib

fib ifb fbi bfi ibf bif

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Definitions and meaning of fib

fib

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɪb/
  • Rhymes: -ɪb

Etymology 1

Unknown. Probably from fable; compare fibble-fable (“nonsense”).

Noun

fib (plural fibs)

  1. (informal) A lie, especially one that is more or less inconsequential.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:lie
  2. (informal, rare) A liar.
Translations

Verb

fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)

  1. (informal, intransitive) To lie, especially more or less inconsequentially.
Derived terms
  • fibber
  • fibbery
  • fibster
Translations
See also
  • pilfer
References
  • “fib”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. (etymology)
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “fib”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Etymology 2

Clipping of fibula.

Noun

fib (plural fibs)

  1. (medicine, informal) The fibula.
See also
  • tib

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

fib (third-person singular simple present fibs, present participle fibbing, simple past and past participle fibbed)

  1. (archaic, thieves' cant, boxing) To punch, especially a series of punches in rapid succession; to beat; to hit; to strike.
Synonyms
  • pummel
Derived terms
  • fibbing (“pummelling”)
  • fibbing-gloak
  • fibbing-match
References
  • John S[tephen] Farmer; W[illiam] E[rnest] Henley, compilers (1891) “fib”, in Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present. […], volume II, [London: […] Harrison and Sons] […], →OCLC, page 387.

Etymology 4

Short for Fibonacci.

Noun

fib (plural fibs)

  1. (neologism) A kind of experimental poem where the number of syllables in each line is the next succeeding Fibonacci number.
See also

Anagrams

  • BFI, BIF, FBI, IBF, bif

Volapük

Noun

fib (nominative plural fibs)

  1. weakness

Declension

Derived terms

  • fibot

Source: wiktionary.org