KILOBYTE is a valid Scrabble word — 17 points
Yes. KILOBYTE is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 17 points in Scrabble and 18 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept KILOBYTE?
| 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: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful KILOBYTE is to know. It scores 17 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 5.5% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for KILOBYTE
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
kilobytesChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How KILOBYTE scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in KILOBYTE, 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 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| t | 1 | 6 |
| e | 1 | 12 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so KILOBYTE has to be built on the board across turns.
What stands out about KILOBYTE
- All 8 letters of KILOBYTE are different — nothing repeats.
Counted from the four word lists we hold, not taken from anywhere else. How we calculate things
What does KILOBYTE mean in Scrabble?
noun
technical
In computing, 1,024 bytes (or, in decimal usage, 1,000), roughly the size of a short plain-text email.
Computer memory is traditionally counted in powers of two, so a kilobyte was 1,024 bytes, though some standards now use exactly 1,000. A short plain-text email is only a few kilobyte of data.
How KILOBYTE is used
Written KB in file sizes and storage specifications.
- The text file takes up less than a kilobyte.
- Early computers had only a few kilobyte of memory.
- Each kilobyte holds roughly a thousand characters.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of KILOBYTE and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with KILOBYTE
1 longer words begin with KILOBYTE.
Shorter words from the letters in KILOBYTE
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Common questions about KILOBYTE
- Is KILOBYTE valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts KILOBYTE, where it scores 18 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is KILOBYTE worth?
- KILOBYTE is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 18 points in Words with Friends.
- What does KILOBYTE mean?
- In computing, 1,024 bytes (or, in decimal usage, 1,000), roughly the size of a short plain-text email.
- What letters can be added to KILOBYTE?
- KILOBYTE takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of KILOBYTE:
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