What DABS Means
DABS is a form of DAB, which means:
- verb: apply (usually a liquid) to a surface“dab the wall with paint”
- verb: hit lightly“pat him on the shoulder”
- noun: a light touch or stroke
- noun: a small quantity of something moist or liquid“a dab of paint”
Similar words
Definitions from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What It Scores
DABS is a valid word in the tournament list this site uses. Tile values only, before any premium square: 7 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. The letters break down as D2 A1 B3 S1.
Anagrams of DABS (1)
Same letters, different order. Any of these plays the same tiles for the same score.
Words Made From The Letters In DABS
13 shorter words come out of these tiles. On a board that matters more than the long play, because a short word on a premium square often beats a long one on plain squares.
3 letter words (8)
2 letter words (5)
Longer Words Containing DABS
DABS appears inside each of these, which is what makes it worth knowing as a hook.
Next: the Word Unscrambler for any letters at all. Full entry and definition at Merriam-Webster.