BABY is a valid Scrabble word — 11 points
Yes. BABY is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 11 points in Scrabble and 12 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BABY?
| Official Scrabble Players DictionaryUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word ListUSA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble WordsEnglish in most countries | Valid |
| Words with FriendsZynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 33 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BABY is to know. It scores 11 from 4 tiles, takes 0 hooks, and its letters make up 3.8% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BABY
No single letter turns BABY into another word.
How BABY scores
Face value of the 4 tiles in BABY, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
Drawing exactly these 4 tiles as an opening rack: 1 in 217,846.
What does BABY mean in Scrabble?
noun
A very young child.
Baby is built from a nursery sound plus an ending that once made a word smaller, the same one behind doggy. The verb, to baby somebody, is nineteenth-century and always faintly critical.
How BABY is used
Countable. Also a verb: babied, babying.
- A baby sleeps for sixteen hours and never at night.
- The word baby is built from a nursery sound.
- They baby him and wonder why he is helpless.
- A baby grand is named for size and not for age.
- The ending on baby once meant something small.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BABY and 5 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BABY
Showing 24 of 29 words that begin with BABY.
Words ending in BABY
3 words end in BABY. Useful as a back hook: play BABY onto a word already on the board.
Shorter words from the letters in BABY
Common questions about BABY
- Is BABY valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BABY, where it scores 12 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BABY worth?
- BABY is worth 11 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BABY mean?
- A very young child.
- What letters can be added to BABY?
- No single letter can be added to BABY to make another word.
Every word you can build from the 4 letters of BABY:
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