First claim, informally

The answer

DIBS

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DIBS answer page.

Used 11 times across 9 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 3 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for DIBS

Every other clue in this collection answered by DIBS, most used first.

• "Mine!" - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Firsties - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• "That's mine!" - used 20 times, most recently in 2026
• "I called it!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• "I call it!" - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• "I claim that!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Claiming cry - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Informal claim - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Rights - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
• "That one's mine!" - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Claimant's cry - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
• Claims - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• "I called it first!" - used 6 times, most recently in 2020

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• First-rate - AONE, used 274 times
• First place - EDEN, used 215 times
• Property claim - LIEN, used 197 times
• Legal claim - LIEN, used 148 times
• First-class - AONE, used 143 times
• First name in scat - ELLA, used 140 times

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