BITT is a valid Scrabble word — 6 points
Yes. BITT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BITT?
| 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: 37 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BITT is to know. It scores 6 from 4 tiles, takes 3 hooks, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BITT
Checked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BITT scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BITT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| t | 2 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 14,523.
What does BITT mean in Scrabble?
noun
nautical
A strong post fixed on the deck of a ship, usually set in pairs, around which ropes or cables are secured.
Sailors wind a mooring line or towing cable around a bitt to hold a ship fast to a quay or to another vessel, letting the rope out or pulling it in gradually as needed rather than tying a fixed knot. The same word can be used as a verb, to bitt a cable, meaning to fasten it in this way.
How BITT is used
A specialised nautical term, met mainly in descriptions of ships and mooring.
- The crew looped the heavy cable around the bitt.
- A frayed rope can still hold if wound twice around a bitt.
- They ordered the sailors to bitt the anchor cable before the storm.
- The forward bitt bore the strain as the tug pulled away.
- Rust had weakened the old iron bitt on the quay.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BITT and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BITT
Showing 24 of 56 words that begin with BITT.
Words ending in BITT
4 words end in BITT. Useful as a back hook: play BITT onto a word already on the board.
Words with BITT inside
Showing 24 of 42 words that contain BITT somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BITT are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BITT
Common questions about BITT
- Is BITT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BITT, where it scores 7 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BITT worth?
- BITT is worth 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BITT mean?
- A strong post fixed on the deck of a ship, usually set in pairs, around which ropes or cables are secured.
- What letters can be added to BITT?
- BITT takes 3 hooks: 0 in front and 3 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BITT:
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