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BABY
Definition of BABY
noun
A very young human, particularly from birth to a couple of years old or until walking is fully mastered. A very young human, even if not yet born.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English baby, babie (“baby”), a diminutive form of babe (“babe, baby”), equivalent to babe + -y/-ie (“endearing and diminutive suffix”). Perhaps ultimately imitative of baby talk (compare babble).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.1%
of traced words share this origin (5,012)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BABY · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BABY in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BABY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ABBY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. B appears more than once.
Words that start BABY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BABY?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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