KILOBAUD is a valid Scrabble word — 15 points
Yes. KILOBAUD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 15 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KILOBAUD?
| 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: 42 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KILOBAUD is to know. It scores 15 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.1% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KILOBAUD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kilobaudsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KILOBAUD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in KILOBAUD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| k | 1 | 1 |
| i | 1 | 9 |
| l | 1 | 4 |
| o | 1 | 8 |
| b | 1 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| u | 1 | 4 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so KILOBAUD has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about KILOBAUD
- All 8 letters of KILOBAUD are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KILOBAUD mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
A unit of data transmission speed equal to one thousand signal changes per second.
Early modems and teleprinters were rated in kilobaud, which is why the term feels tied to the first decades of home computing. Today connection speeds are quoted in much bigger units, so a kilobaud figure sounds charmingly slow.
How KILOBAUD is used
Technical term for a thousand baud, seen in older computing and telecommunications writing.
- The first terminal ran at only one kilobaud.
- A kilobaud link was enough to send the short text messages.
- Engineers compared the line speed in kilobaud before buying the modem.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KILOBAUD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KILOBAUD
1 longer words begin with KILOBAUD.
Shorter words from the letters in KILOBAUD
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Common questions about KILOBAUD
- Is KILOBAUD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KILOBAUD, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KILOBAUD worth?
- KILOBAUD is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KILOBAUD mean?
- A unit of data transmission speed equal to one thousand signal changes per second.
- What letters can be added to KILOBAUD?
- KILOBAUD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of KILOBAUD:
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