birth: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 10 letter points · starts with B · ends with H
Meaning of birth
noun
- uncountable
The process of childbearing; the beginning of life; the emergence of a human baby or other viviparous animal offspring from the mother's body into the environment.
- countable
An instance of childbirth.
Example: Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births.
- countable
A beginning or start; a point of origin.
Example: the birth of an empire
- uncountable
The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.
Example: He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him.
Listed forms: births.
Source: Wiktionary — birth.
adj
- not-comparable
A familial relationship established by childbirth.
Example: Her birth father left when she was a baby; she was raised by her mother and stepfather.
Source: Wiktionary — birth.
verb
- transitive
To bear or give birth to (a child).
- figuratively, transitive
To produce, give rise to.
Listed forms: births, birthing, birthed.
Source: Wiktionary — birth.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for birth.
noun
the event of being born
noun
the process of giving birth
- parturition
- giving birth
- birthing
noun
the kinship relation of an offspring to the parents
verb
cause to be born
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is birth in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of birth
B(3) + I(1) + R(1) + T(1) + H(4) = 10 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of birth
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from birth
11 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in birth. Showing up to 24, longest first.