GIGABIT is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. GIGABIT is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 14 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIGABIT?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 52 / 100
Our own measure of how useful GIGABIT is to know. It scores 11 from 7 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.9% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIGABIT
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gigabitsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIGABIT scores
Face value of the 7 tiles in GIGABIT, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 2 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
Drawing exactly these 7 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 1,372 thousand.
What does GIGABIT mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of digital information equal to one thousand million bits.
It is the usual unit for network and link speeds, as in a gigabit per second. Do not confuse it with the gigabyte, which is eight times larger and is used for storage capacity.
How GIGABIT is used
Used in computing and networking, especially when describing connection speeds.
- The office upgraded to a gigabit connection.
- A single gigabit is far smaller than a gigabyte.
- The switch supports a gigabit link on every port.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIGABIT and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GIGABIT
1 longer words begin with GIGABIT.
Shorter words from the letters in GIGABIT
Common questions about GIGABIT
- Is GIGABIT valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIGABIT, where it scores 14 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIGABIT worth?
- GIGABIT is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIGABIT mean?
- A unit of digital information equal to one thousand million bits.
- What letters can be added to GIGABIT?
- GIGABIT takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 7 letters of GIGABIT:
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