BIT is a valid Scrabble word — 5 points
Yes. BIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 5 points in Scrabble and 6 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BIT?
| 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: 44 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BIT is to know. It scores 5 from 3 tiles, takes 5 hooks, and its letters make up 5.7% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BIT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BIT scores
Face value of the 3 tiles in BIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 3 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,497.
What does BIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
A small piece of something.
Bit as a computing term is squeezed out of binary digit and was coined in 1948, which makes it much younger than the ordinary sense. The horse's bit is the same word as the piece, from the idea of something bitten off.
How BIT is used
Countable. Also a bit meaning slightly.
- A bit of cheese and the end of the bread.
- The computing bit was coined in 1948.
- She is a bit late and always has been.
- The bit goes in the horse's mouth and nowhere else.
- Eight bits make a byte in every modern machine.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BIT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BIT
Showing 24 of 137 words that begin with BIT.
Words ending in BIT
Showing 24 of 52 words that end in BIT. Useful as a back hook: play BIT onto a word already on the board.
Words with BIT inside
Showing 24 of 587 words that contain BIT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BIT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BIT
Common questions about BIT
- Is BIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BIT, where it scores 6 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BIT worth?
- BIT is worth 5 points in Scrabble and 6 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BIT mean?
- A small piece of something.
- What letters can be added to BIT?
- BIT takes 5 hooks: 1 in front and 4 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 3 letters of BIT:
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