GIGABYTE is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. GIGABYTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 17 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept GIGABYTE?
| 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 GIGABYTE is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for GIGABYTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
gigabytesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How GIGABYTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in GIGABYTE, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| g | 2 | 3 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so GIGABYTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What does GIGABYTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of digital information equal to about one billion bytes.
Phone plans, hard drives and downloads are all measured in the gigabyte. Strictly, some systems count it as 1,073,741,824 bytes, which is why disk sizes sometimes look smaller than advertised.
How GIGABYTE is used
Used in computing and consumer technology, usually written GB.
- The film file takes up two gigabyte of space.
- My data plan includes ten gigabyte a month.
- One gigabyte can hold hundreds of photos.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of GIGABYTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with GIGABYTE
1 longer words begin with GIGABYTE.
Shorter words from the letters in GIGABYTE
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Common questions about GIGABYTE
- Is GIGABYTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts GIGABYTE, where it scores 17 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is GIGABYTE worth?
- GIGABYTE is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends.
- What does GIGABYTE mean?
- A unit of digital information equal to about one billion bytes.
- What letters can be added to GIGABYTE?
- GIGABYTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of GIGABYTE:
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