BABYHOOD is a valid Scrabble word — 19 points
Yes. BABYHOOD is accepted by every list we check: Collins, the North American lists and Words with Friends. It scores 19 points in Scrabble and 19 in Words with Friends.
Which word lists accept BABYHOOD?
| Official Scrabble Players Dictionary USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
|---|---|
| Official Tournament and Club Word List USA, Canada, Thailand | Valid |
| Collins Scrabble Words English in most countries | Valid |
| Words with Friends Zynga word list | Valid |
Word power: 45 / 100
Our own measure of how useful BABYHOOD is to know. It scores 19 from 8 tiles, takes 1 hook, and its letters make up 4.6% of the bag. How this number is calculated
Hooks for BABYHOOD
Front hooks — 0
None.
Back hooks — 1
babyhoodsChecked against OSPD, TWL, CSW, WWF. Takes an S, so it hooks onto plurals easily.
How BABYHOOD scores
Face value of the 8 tiles in BABYHOOD, before any board multiplier.
Tiles you need
| Letter | Needed | In the bag |
|---|---|---|
| b | 2 | 2 |
| a | 1 | 9 |
| y | 1 | 2 |
| h | 1 | 2 |
| o | 2 | 8 |
| d | 1 | 4 |
Longer than a 7-tile rack, so BABYHOOD has to be built on the board across turns.
What does BABYHOOD mean in Scrabble?
noun
The early period of life when a person is a baby.
Babyhood is the stretch before a child learns to walk and talk with confidence. People recall it through photographs and family stories rather than memory. The word is also used about the earliest stage of anything, such as an industry.
How BABYHOOD is used
Used in everyday and developmental writing about infancy.
- He suffered from asthma throughout his babyhood.
- Photos from her babyhood filled the album.
- The company is still in its babyhood.
Written for this site: 1 meaning of BABYHOOD and 3 example sentences, not copied from a published dictionary.
Words starting with BABYHOOD
1 longer words begin with BABYHOOD.
Shorter words from the letters in BABYHOOD
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Common questions about BABYHOOD
- Is BABYHOOD valid in Words with Friends?
- Yes. Words with Friends accepts BABYHOOD, where it scores 19 points. That game keeps its own list, separate from the Scrabble dictionaries.
- How many points is BABYHOOD worth?
- BABYHOOD is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 19 points in Words with Friends.
- What does BABYHOOD mean?
- The early period of life when a person is a baby.
- What letters can be added to BABYHOOD?
- BABYHOOD takes 1 hook: 0 in front and 1 at the end.
Every word you can build from the 8 letters of BABYHOOD:
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