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Is dip a Scrabble word?

Yes, dip is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 6 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of dip?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.Examples: "The Moocher was a "dip" in a dilettante sort of way, and his particular graft was boarding street-cars with his papers and grabbing women's pocket-books."; "To steal a housewife's purse might mean that her children would have to go hungry; but what of that, if the flash young “dip” could gain admiration from his mates by boasting that he had “frisked a judy's cly and lifted a skinful of bunce”?"colloquialcountabledateduncountable

2. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.countableuncountable

3. (archaic) A dipped candle.Examples: "by the feeble light of the dip, he beheld the pale, haggard face of Smallbones"archaiccountableuncountable

4. (dance) A move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which the follower leans far to the side and is supported by the leader.countableuncountable

5. (bodybuilding) A gymnastic or bodybuilding exercise on parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms bend and his body sink until his chin is level with the bars, and then raises himself by straightening his arms.countableuncountable

6. (turpentine industry) The viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin dip is the runnings of the first year, yellow dip the runnings of subsequent years.countableuncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To lower into a liquid.Examples: "Dip your biscuit into your tea."; "He dipped the end of a towel in cold water and with it began to flick him on the face, his wife all the while holding her face between her hands and sobbing in a way that was heart breaking to hear."transitive

2. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.Examples: "The sun's rim dips; the stars rush out."intransitive

3. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.intransitive

4. (transitive) To lower a light's beam.Examples: "Dip your lights as you meet an oncoming car."; "The engine's three headlights lit the way clearly, and when a train approached in the other direction, Driver Wegg dipped his lights; the other driver politely replying by doing the same."transitive

5. (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order to render or to return a salute. While lowered, the flag is said to be “at the dip.” A flag being carried on a staff may be dipped by leaning it forward at an approximate angle of 45 degrees.Examples: "The sailor rushed to the flag hoist to dip the flag in return."transitive

6. (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.Examples: "The farmer is going to dip the cattle today."transitive

noun (English)

1. (informal) A foolish person.Examples: "A commander tells the soldiers, "We're going on a 5 mile run". And some dip asks, "Do we have to bring our kitbags?" At which point, the answer is yes. It wouldn't have been if the soldier hadn't asked the question."informal

noun (English)

1. (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.abbreviationalt-ofinitialism

noun (English)

1. (informal) A diplomat.informal

2. (ABDL, informal, uncommon) A diaper; diap, dipe.Synonyms: gaming pants, pamp, pampie, pamps, diap, diapee, diapy, diapieinformaluncommon

noun (English)

1. (electronics) Acronym of dual in-line package.abbreviationacronymalt-ofcountableuncountable

2. (programming) Acronym of dependency inversion principle.abbreviationacronymalt-ofcountableuncountable

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "dip"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "dip"?

Scrabble
6 points
D2
I1
P3
Words With Friends
7 points
D2
I1
P4

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