BYTE is a valid Scrabble word — 9 points
Yes. BYTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 9 points in Scrabble and 9 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BYTE?
| 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 BYTE is to know. It scores 9 from 4 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BYTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
bytesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BYTE scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BYTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 13,615.
What does BYTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of digital information.
Byte was coined in 1956 and deliberately misspelled so that it could not be confused with bit. That makes it one of very few words whose spelling was chosen to prevent a typing error.
How BYTE is used
Countable: a byte, two bytes.
- A byte is eight bits in every modern machine.
- The word byte was misspelled on purpose in 1956.
- The spelling of byte prevents confusion with bit.
- Two bytes hold a number up to sixty-five thousand.
- Very few words beside byte are spelled to avoid a typing error.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BYTE and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Anagrams of BYTE
The 4 tiles of BYTE in a different order — 1 found.
Words starting with BYTE
1 longer words begin with BYTE.
Words ending in BYTE
15 words end in BYTE. Useful as a back hook: play BYTE onto a word already on the board.
Words with BYTE inside
Showing 24 of 32 words that contain BYTE somewhere in the middle. Words that start with BYTE are listed separately above, so nothing is repeated.
Shorter words from the letters in BYTE
Common questions about BYTE
- Is BYTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BYTE, where it scores 9 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BYTE worth?
- BYTE is worth 9 points in Scrabble and 9 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BYTE mean?
- A unit of digital information.
- What letters can be added to BYTE?
- BYTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BYTE:
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