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DAB

3 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 1 pts
Big too short
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Super Big too short
(min 4)

DAB is a valid 3-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 1 in Classic Boggle, though it's too short for Big and Super Big (which need four-letter words).

Word family

DABS-s 1 DABBING-bing 5 DABBED-bed 3
verb
  1. transitiveTo press lightly in a repetitive motion with a soft object without rubbing.
    • I dabbed my face with a towel.
    • Dab the tears from your eyes.
  2. transitiveTo apply a substance in this way.
    • The nurse will dab some ointment on that gash.
  3. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust.
  4. slangTo apply hash oil to a heated surface for the purpose of efficient combustion.
  5. intransitiveTo perform the dab dance move; to move both arms, parallel with one's head, to either side of the body.
  6. Synonym of daub (to mark a bingo card)
noun
  1. A soft tap or blow; a blow or peck from a bird's beak; an aimed blow.
  2. A soft, playful box given in greeting or approval.
  3. A small amount, a blob of some soft or wet substance.
    • a dab of glue
  4. slangA small amount of hash oil.
  5. UKdatedFingerprint.
  6. A hip hop dance move in which the dancer simultaneously drops the head while raising an arm, briefly resting their face in the elbow, as if sneezing into their elbow.
  7. obsoleteA dabbler.
  8. One who is skilful or proficient; an expert; an adept.
  9. A small flatfish of the family Pleuronectidae, especially Limanda limanda; a flounder.
  10. USA sand dab, a small flatfish of genus Citharichthys.
adverb
  1. With a dab, or sudden contact.
adjective
  1. obsoleteBad.