You can make 4 words from bit according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of bit
bit ibt bti tbi itb tib
Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word bit. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in bit.
Definitions and meaning of bit
bit
Pronunciation
enPR: bĭt, IPA(key): /bɪt/
Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishbitte, bite, from Old Englishbita(“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite(“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic*bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“to split”). More at bite.
Noun
bit (pluralbits)
A piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and connected to the reins to direct the animal.
A rotary cutting tool fitted to a drill, used to bore holes.
(dated, British) A coin of a specified value.
(obsolete, Canada) A ten-cent piece, dime.
(now US) A unit of currency or coin in the Americas worth a fraction of a Spanish dollar; now specifically, an eighth of a US dollar.
(historical, US) In the southern and southwestern states, a small silver coin (such as the real) formerly current; commonly, one worth about 12+1⁄2 cents; also, the sum of 12+1⁄2 cents.
A small amount of something.
(informal)Specifically, a small amount of time.
(informal) A small fraction above a whole number.
(in the plural, informal, sports) Fractions of a second.
A portion of something.
Somewhat; something, but not very great; also used like jot and whit to express the smallest degree. See also a bit.
T. Hook
My young companion was a bit of a poet.
(slang) A prison sentence, especially a short one.
An excerpt of material making up part of a show, comedy routine, etc.
(slang) A gag or put-on; a humorous conceit, especially when insistently presented as true.
Short for bit part.
The part of a key which enters the lock and acts upon the bolt and tumblers.
The cutting iron of a plane.
The bevelled front edge of an axehead along which the cutting edge runs.
(BDSM) A gag of a style similar to a bridle.
(MLE) A gun.
Synonyms
(coin):coin, piece
(small piece):morsel(of food), piece, scrap
(portion):portion, share, segment
(horse equipment):snaffle, pelham, kimberwicke
(prison sentence):bid
(gun):toy(MLE)
Antonyms
(antonym(s) of "small amount of time"):while(US)
Derived terms
Related terms
bits(“genitals”)
Translations
Verb
bit (third-person singular simple presentbits, present participlebitting, simple past and past participlebitted)
(transitive) To put a bridle upon; to put the bit in the mouth of (a horse).
References
Etymology 2
See bite
Verb
bit
simple past of bite
Your dog bit me!
(informal in US, archaic in UK)past participle of bite, bitten
I have been bit by your dog!
Adjective
bit (not comparable)
(chiefly in combination) Having been bitten.
Etymology 3
Coined by John Tukey in 1946 as an abbreviation of binary digit, probably influenced by connotations of “small portion”. First used in print 1948 by Claude Shannon. Compare byte and nybble, with similar food associations.
Noun
bit (pluralbits)
(mathematics, computing) A binary digit, generally represented as a 1 or 0.
(computing) The smallest unit of storage in a digital computer, consisting of a binary digit.
Synonym:b
(information theory, cryptography) Any datum that may take on one of exactly two values.
(information theory) A unit of measure for information entropy.
A microbitcoin, or a millionth of a bitcoin (0.000001 BTC).
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
See also
ban, nat, qubit
References
Anagrams
Bti, ITB, TBI, TiB, tib
Azerbaijani
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*bït(“louse”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [bit]
Noun
bit (definite accusativebiti, pluralbitlər)
louse
Declension
Catalan
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈbit]
Rhymes: -it
Noun
bitm (pluralbits)
(computing)bit
Czech
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈbɪt]
Rhymes: -ɪt
Homophone: byt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishbit, from binary digit.
Noun
bitm inan
(computing)bit
Declension
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Participle
bit
masculine singular passive participle of bít
Further reading
bit in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
bit in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
bit in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɪt/
Hyphenation: bit
Rhymes: -ɪt
Etymology 1
Ablaut of bijten.
Noun
bitn (pluralbitten, diminutivebitjen)
bit (for a working animal)
bit (rotary cutting tool)
mouthguard
Etymology 2
From Englishbit.
Noun
bitm (pluralbits, diminutivebitjen)
bit (binary digit)
bit (unit of storage)
bit (datum with two possible values)
French
Etymology
From English.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bit/
Noun
bitm (pluralbits)
(computing)bit
Derived terms
bit le moins significatif
bit le plus significatif
Further reading
“bit”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Etymology
From Englishbit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈbit]
Hyphenation: bit
Rhymes: -it
Noun
bit (pluralbitek)
(computing)bit(binary digit)
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
bit in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)
Indonesian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈbɪt]
Hyphenation: bit
Etymology 1
From Englishbit(“binary digit”), from Middle Englishbitte, bite, from Old Englishbita(“bit; fragment; morsel”) and bite(“a bite; cut”), from Proto-Germanic*bitô and *bitiz; both from Proto-Indo-European*bʰeyd-(“to split”).
Noun
bit (first-person possessivebitku, second-person possessivebitmu, third-person possessivebitnya)
(computing)bit, smallest unit of storage.
Etymology 2
From Dutchbiet, from Middle Dutchbete, from Latinbēta.
Noun
bit (first-person possessivebitku, second-person possessivebitmu, third-person possessivebitnya)
Beta vulgaris, common beet, beetroot, sugar beet, and chard.
Further reading
“bit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Karaim
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*bït.
Noun
bit
louse
References
N. A. Baskakov, S.M. Šapšala, editor (1973), “bit”, in Karaimsko-Russko-Polʹskij Slovarʹ [Karaim-Russian-Polish Dictionary], Moscow: Moskva, →ISBN
Khalaj
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*bït(“louse”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [bɪt], [bi(ˑ)t], [biːt]
(Xarrâbî) IPA(key): [bɪt], [bit]
Noun
bit (definite accusativebitü, pluralbitlər)
louse
Declension
References
Doerfer, Gerhard (1980) Wörterbuch des Chaladsch (Dialekt von Charrab) [Khalaj dictionary] (in German), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó
Doerfer, Gerhard (1988) Grammatik des Chaladsch [Grammar of Khalaj] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, →ISBN, →OCLC
Lashi
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bit/
Noun
bit
sun
References
Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[7], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)
Marron C. Fort (2015) “bit”, in Saterfriesisches Wörterbuch mit einer phonologischen und grammatischen Übersicht, Buske, →ISBN
Scots
Adjective
bit
Little.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
From bȉti(“to be”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bîːt/
Noun
bȋtf (Cyrillic spellingби̑т)
essence
point, meaning
Declension
Etymology 2
From Englishbit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bît/
Noun
bȉtm (Cyrillic spellingби̏т)
(computing) bit
Declension
Slavomolisano
Etymology
From Serbo-Croatianbiti, from Proto-Slavic*byti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic*bū́ˀtei, from Proto-Indo-European*bʰuH-.
Verb
bitpf or impf
to be
References
Walter Breu and Giovanni Piccoli (2000), Dizionario croato molisano di Acquaviva Collecroce: Dizionario plurilingue della lingua slava della minoranza di provenienza dalmata di Acquaviva Collecroce in Provincia di Campobasso (Parte grammaticale)., pp. 409–412
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishbit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbit/[ˈbit̪]
Rhymes: -it
Syllabification: bit
Noun
bitm (pluralbits)
bit(binary digit)
Further reading
“bit”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norsebiti.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /biːt/
Rhymes: -iːt
Noun
bitc
a piece (forming a part of some whole)
a bit
a bit (certain (not insignificant) distance)
way, ways, distance (when more idiomatic)
(figuratively) a bit (of time)
a tune, a piece (song)
Synonyms:låt, sång
Usage notes
Del(“part”) is often more idiomatic when piece is interchangeable with part.
Declension
Derived terms
bitsocker(“sugar in the form of sugar cubes, lump sugar”)
i bitar
pusselbit(“puzzle piece”)
sockerbit(“sugar cube”)
See also
del(“part”)
stycke (piece that is a fragment of something in some sense – compare stycka)
Etymology 2
From Englishbit, from binary digit.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bɪt/
Rhymes: -ɪt
Noun
bitc
(computing) a bit
Declension
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /biːt/
Rhymes: -iːt
Verb
bit
imperative of bita
References
bit in Svensk ordbok (SO)
bit in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
bit in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈbit/
Etymology 1
From Ottoman Turkishبیت, بت, from Proto-Turkic*bït(“louse”).
Noun
bit (definite accusativebiti, pluralbitler)
(zoology) louse
Declension
Derived terms
bit yeniği (fishy)
bitli (lousy)
See also
pire (flea)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Englishbit, abbreviation of binary digit.
Noun
bit (definite accusativebiti, pluralbitler)
(computing) bit
Declension
Etymology 3
Verb
bit
second-person singular imperative of bitmek
Turkmen
Etymology
From Proto-Turkic*bït(“louse”). Cognate with Old Turkic [script needed] (bit), Turkishbit(“louse”), etc.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /bit̪/
Noun
bit (definite accusativebidi, pluralbitler)
(zoology) louse
Declension
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
(Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɓit̚˧˧]
(Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɓit̚˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɓɨt̚˧˧]
Noun
bit
(computing) bit
Zhuang
Pronunciation
(Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /pit˥/
Tone numbers: bit7
Hyphenation: bit
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai*pitᴰ(“duck”). Cognate with Thaiเป็ด(bpèt), Laoເປັດ(pet), Lüᦵᦔᧆ(ṗed), Tai Damꪹꪜꪸꪒ, Shanပဵတ်း(páet), Ahom𑜆𑜢𑜄𑜫(pit), Bouyeibidt, Saekปิ๊ด. Compare Old Chinese鴄 (OC *pʰid).
Noun
bit (classifierduz, Sawndip forms鴓or𱈶or⿰品鳥, 1957–1982 spellingbit)
duck
Derived terms
roegbit
Etymology 2
From Chinese筆 (MC pit).
Noun
bit (classifiergaiq, Sawndip forms𣭈or𰚎, 1957–1982 spellingbit)