"That one's mine!"

The answer

DIBS

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2025; first recorded in 2015. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• ICALLDIBS (4 uses in xd)
• IGOTDIBS (1 uses in xd)

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
• First claim, informally - used 11 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
• 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.

• For fear that - LEST, used 503 times
• In that case - IFSO, used 231 times
• Mine entrance - ADIT, used 226 times
• "___ Well That Ends Well" - ALLS, used 158 times
• Yours and mine - OURS, used 147 times
• At that time - THEN, used 134 times

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