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Is byte a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word byte is a Scrabble US word. The word byte is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word byte is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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4-letter words (2 found)

BYTE,YBET,

3-letter words (5 found)

BET,BEY,BYE,TYE,YET,

2-letter words (5 found)

BE,BY,ET,TE,YE,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 13 words from byte according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of byte

byte ybte btye tbye ytbe tybe byet ybet beyt ebyt yebt eybt btey tbey bety ebty teby etby yteb tyeb yetb eytb teyb etyb

Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word byte. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in byte.

Definitions and meaning of byte

byte

Etymology

An alteration of the word bite so it would not be accidentally misspelled as bit. Coined by Werner Buchholz in 1956, during the early design phase for the IBM 7030 Stretch computer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baɪt/
  • Rhymes: -aɪt
  • Homophones: bight, bite, by't

Noun

byte (plural bytes)

  1. (computing) A short sequence of bits (binary digits) that can be operated on as a unit by a computer; the smallest usable machine word.
  2. (computing, most commonly) A unit of computing storage equal to eight bits, which can represent any of 256 distinct values.
    Synonyms: B, octet

Coordinate terms

(machine word):

  • Previous: nybble
  • Next: word

(unit of storage):

  • Previous: bit
  • Next: kilobyte

Derived terms

(unit of storage):

Translations

See also

  • word, doubleword, longword, char

References

Further reading

  • byte on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • beyt

Basque

Etymology

From English byte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bai̯t/ [bai̯t̪]
  • Rhymes: -ai̯t

Noun

byte inan

  1. (computing) byte

Declension

Further reading

  • "byte" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], euskaltzaindia.eus

Czech

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

  • bajt

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbajt]

Noun

byte m inan

  1. byte
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbɪtɛ]
  • Homophone: bite

Noun

byte

  1. vocative singular of byt

Further reading

  • byte in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
  • byte in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyte/, [ˈbyt̪e̞]
  • Rhymes: -yte
  • Syllabification(key): by‧te

Noun

byte (rare, slang)

  1. byte

Declension

Synonyms

  • tavu

Further reading

  • “byte”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈbaːjt]
  • Hyphenation: byte
  • Rhymes: -aːjt
  • Homophone: bájt

Noun

byte (plural byte-ok)

  1. (computing) byte (a unit of computing storage equal to eight bits)

Usage notes

It also occurs in the form bájt (along with its prefixed forms), but this spelling is not supported by most authoritative spelling dictionaries.

Declension

References

Further reading

  • byte 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)
  • Biró, János. Helyesírási kérdések A magyar nyelv nagyszótárának írása közben (“Questions of spelling while compiling the Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”) (see page 5 in the PDF, page 55 in the original)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English byte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbajt/
  • Rhymes: -ajt

Noun

byte m (invariable)

  1. (computing) byte
    Synonym: bicarattere

Middle English

Verb

byte

  1. Alternative form of biten

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • baite

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈbajt(ʃ)(i)/

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

  1. (computing) byte (unit equivalent to 8 bits)

Synonyms

  • Abbreviations: B

Coordinate terms

  • Multiples: kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte, terabyte, petabyte, exabyte, zettabyte, yottabyte

Related terms

  • bit

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English byte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbajt/

Noun

byte m (plural byți)

  1. (computing) byte
    Synonym: octet

Declension

Slovak

Alternative forms

  • bajt

Noun

byte m inan

  1. byte

Further reading

  • “byte”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English byte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbait/ [ˈbai̯t̪]
  • Rhymes: -ait

Noun

byte m (plural bytes)

  1. byte

Further reading

  • “byte”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Etymology 1

Related to byta (“to change, to exchange, to swap”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyːtɛ/

Noun

byte n

  1. trading, exchange, change
  2. prey
  3. catch, plunder, loot
Declension

See also

  • fångst (“catch”)

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from English byte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bajt/, /baɪt/

Noun

byte c

  1. a byte (8 bits, in computers)
Declension

References

  • byte in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • byte in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • byte in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Source: wiktionary.org