hexadecimal

Plural: hexadecimals

Adjective

of or pertaining to a number system having 16 as its base

Noun

A number system with base sixteen, using the digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, A, B, C, D, E and F, most used in computing as a hexadecimal digit can represent four bits, half a standard byte, and thus a single byte can be represented conveniently with two digits.
A number expressed in the hexadecimal system.

Adj

Of a number, expressed in hexadecimal.

Origin / Etymology

1952. hexadeca- + decimal; see the Wikipedia article for more information.

Synonyms

hex, base sixteen, base-sixteen, sedecimal, sexadecimal

Scrabble Score: 26

hexadecimal: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
hexadecimal: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
hexadecimal: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 28

hexadecimal: valid Words With Friends Word