baby
Baby can refer to a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk, the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young), or an immature childish person. As a verb, baby can mean to treat with excessive indulgence.
Length
4
Scrabble
11
WWF
12
Starts
BA
Ends
ABY
Difficulty
Easy
Dictionary
What Does “BABY” Mean?
/ˈbeɪbi/
baby has 8 documented senses across noun, verb.
Noun
7 sensesthe youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)
“the baby of the family”
“the baby of the Supreme Court”
an immature childish person
“he remained a child in practical matters as long as he lived”
“stop being a baby!”
Synonyms
an unborn child; a human fetus
“I felt healthy and very feminine carrying the baby”
“it was great to feel my baby moving about inside”
a very young mammal
“baby rabbits”
a project of personal concern to someone
“this project is his baby”
Verb
1 sensetreat with excessive indulgence
“grandparents often pamper the children”
“Let's not mollycoddle our students!”
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
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Definition
a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk
Length
4 letters
Starts With
B
Ends With
Y
Vowels
1
Consonants
3
Letters
B, A, B, Y
Use Case
Useful for Scrabble, Wordle, crosswords, anagrams, and other word games.
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Word Strategy
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Scrabble Strategy
★★★★☆BABY has a Scrabble score of 11. It is useful for balancing a rack and building steady board position.
Wordle Strategy
★★☆☆☆BABY is not five letters, so it is not a standard Wordle answer, but its letter pattern can still help with word analysis.
Crossword Strategy
★★★★☆BABY can be useful in crossword solving because it has a clear starting letter, ending letter, and 4-letter structure.
Anagram Strategy
★★★☆☆BABY contains repeated letters, which can make anagram solving more constrained but also easier to pattern-match.
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Unique Letters
3
Repeated Letters
1
Highest Value Letter
Y
Letter Pattern
ABAC
CV Pattern
CVCC
Vowel Share
25%
Consonant Share
75%
Bigrams
BA, AB, BY
Trigrams
BAB, ABY
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