Dice vs. die: Which is singular, which is plural?

So much confusion exists over which version of these words (referring to a six-sided object used in games) is singular and plural, that many people just cast their fate to the wind.

And, as if at a casino, most people lose. Well, get it backwards to be more exact.

Dice is plural, as in We rolled the dice and got two sixes.

Die, contrary to popular belief, is singular; to wit, Monopoly uses two dice, but Clue uses just a die.

Here’s a neat memory trick: “Dice rhymes with mice. Mice is plural just like dice.”

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past decade, I’ve helped more than 300 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the 7 Minutes a Day… writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.