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BABY

/ˈbeɪ.bi/4 letters

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).

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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 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 110
Its one board, across 110 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards it fitted
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.

Built from these letters

BABY
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

BABYINGBABYISHBABYSATBABYSITBABYDOLLBABYFOODBABYHOODBABYSITSBABYDOLLSBABYFOODSBABYHOODSBABYISHLY

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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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