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Is binary a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word binary is a Scrabble US word. The word binary is worth 11 points in Scrabble:

B3I1N1A1R1Y4

Is binary a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word binary is a Scrabble UK word and has 11 points:

B3I1N1A1R1Y4

Is binary a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word binary is a Words With Friends word. The word binary is worth 12 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

B4I1N2A1R1Y3

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6-letter words (2 found)

BINARY,BRAINY,

5-letter words (6 found)

ABRIN,BAIRN,BARNY,BRAIN,BRINY,RAINY,

4-letter words (16 found)

ABRI,AIRN,AIRY,AYIN,BANI,BARN,BRAN,BRAY,BRIN,INBY,NARY,RABI,RAIN,RANI,RIBA,YARN,

3-letter words (24 found)

ABY,AIN,AIR,ANI,ANY,ARB,ARY,BAN,BAR,BAY,BIN,BRA,NAB,NAY,NIB,RAI,RAN,RAY,RIA,RIB,RIN,RYA,YAR,YIN,

2-letter words (12 found)

AB,AI,AN,AR,AY,BA,BI,BY,IN,NA,NY,YA,

You can make 60 words from binary according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of binary

binary

Etymology

From Late Latin bīnārius (“consisting of two”), from Latin bīnī (“two-by-two, pair”). By surface analysis, bin- +‎ -ary.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹɪ/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbaɪ.nə.ɹi/, /ˈbaɪ.nɛɹ.i/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnɛɹi, -aɪnəɹi

Adjective

binary (comparative more binary, superlative most binary)

  1. Being in one of two mutually exclusive states.
  2. (logic) Concerning logic whose subject matter concerns binary states.
    Synonym: Boolean
  3. (arithmetic, computing) Concerning numbers and calculations using the binary number system.
    Synonym: base-2
  4. Having two equally important parts; related to something with two parts.
    Synonyms: dyadic, double, twin; see also Thesaurus:dual
  5. (mathematics, programming, computer engineering) Of an operation, function, procedure, or logic gate, taking exactly two operands, arguments, parameters, or inputs; having domain of dimension 2.
  6. (computing) Of data, consisting coded values (e.g. machine code) not interpretable as plain or ASCII text (e.g. source code).
    Antonym: plain text
  7. (comparable) Focusing on two mutually exclusive conditions.

Antonyms

  • non-binary

Derived terms

Related terms

  • binarily
  • binarity

Translations

See also

  • unary
  • ternary

Noun

binary (countable and uncountable, plural binaries)

  1. A state in which only two values are possible, in which something must have one value or the other.
  2. (mathematics, computing, uncountable) The bijective base-2 numeral system, which uses only the digits 0 and 1.
    Synonym: base 2
  3. (computing) Synonym of binary file; a file consisting of data other than human-readable text.
    Antonyms: non-binary, text file
  4. (astronomy) Synonym of binary asteroid.
  5. (astronomy) Synonym of binary planet.
  6. (astronomy) Synonym of binary star.
    Synonym: double star

Hypernyms

  • (astronomy): celestial object

Hyponyms

  • (astronomy: asteroid): contact binary
  • (astronomy: star): visual binary, X-ray binary

Derived terms

  • binary-coded decimal
  • LOLBin

Related terms

  • binarism (see there for more)

Translations

See also

  • -ary
  • decimal
  • hexadecimal
  • octal

Further reading

  • binary on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • brainy

Source: wiktionary.org