BINARY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BINARY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BINARY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 30 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BINARY is to know. It scores 11 from 6 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BINARY
No single letter turns BINARY into another word.
How BINARY scores
Face value of the 6 tiles in BINARY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| n | 1 | 6 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| r | 1 | 6 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 6 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 102,199.
What does BINARY mean in Scrabble?
adjective
technical
Made up of two parts, or relating to a counting system that uses only the digits 0 and 1.
Binary comes from the Latin for two at a time. In mathematics and computing a binary number is written with just two symbols, and every file inside a computer is stored that way. Outside computing it describes any pair of opposites or any two-part structure, as in a binary star, where two suns circle each other, or a binary choice, which has only yes and no.
How BINARY is used
Common in computing and science, and increasingly in general talk about two-way choices.
- The computer reads every program as a long binary string.
- Astronomers found a binary system with two very close stars.
- The vote was a binary choice between staying and leaving.
- In binary the number five is written 101.
- Critics said the debate had reduced a complex issue to a binary argument.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BINARY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BINARY
The 6 tiles of BINARY in a different order — 1 found.
Shorter words from the letters in BINARY
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Common questions about BINARY
- Is BINARY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BINARY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BINARY worth?
- BINARY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BINARY mean?
- Made up of two parts, or relating to a counting system that uses only the digits 0 and 1.
- What letters can be added to BINARY?
- No single letter can be added to BINARY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 6 letters of BINARY:
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