Bits
/bɪts/
Scrabble:6 ptsWWF:7 pts4 letters
Definition of Bits
noun
- A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
"A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth."
- A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
- A coin of a specified value.
"a threepenny bit"
- A ten-cent piece, dime.
- A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
"A quarter is two bits."
noun
- A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
- The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
- Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
"permission bits in a file system"
- A unit of measure for information entropy.
- A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
Anagrams of Bits
Related Word Patterns
Letter Values
b3
i1
t1
s1
Total: 6 Scrabble points
Rhymes With Bits
Word Validity & Sources
SOWPODS (International Scrabble): Valid
TWL (US/Canada Scrabble): Valid
Words With Friends: Valid
Last verified: December 2024
Dictionary data sourced from SOWPODS (178,691 words), combining TWL (Tournament Word List) and the Collins Scrabble Words dictionary. Definitions from Free Dictionary API and Wordnik.
About the Word "Bits"
Bits is a 4-letter word that scores 6 points in Scrabble and 7 points in Words With Friends.
Using "Bits" in Word Games
When playing Scrabble or Words With Friends, "bits" is a low-scoring word.