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"bit" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often fleck (5 letters).
Definitions
A small piece, part, or amount of something.
Word origin
From Middle English bitte, bite, from Old English bita (“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.
Used in a sentence
“A horse hates having a bit put in its mouth.”
“router bit”
“chamfering bit”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues
01“Computer unit”3 letters
02“Computer's smallest unit”3 letters
03“Drill attachment”3 letters
04“Drill piece”3 letters
05“Small portion”3 letters
06“Tiny piece”3 letters
07“Tiny portion”3 letters
08“Binary digit”3 letters
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