birthday: meaning and words from its letters
8 letters · 17 letter points · starts with B · ends with Y
Meaning of birthday
noun
The anniversary of the day on which someone is born.
Example: When's your birthday? Mine's on April 1.
The anniversary of the day on which something is created.
The date on which someone is born or something is created, more commonly called birthdate or date of birth.
A birthday party.
Example: I'd like to invite you all to my birthday.
Listed forms: birthdays, birfday, birthdaye.
Source: Wiktionary — birthday.
verb
- informal, intransitive
To celebrate one's birthday.
Listed forms: birthdays, birthdaying, birthdayed, birfday, birthdaye.
Source: Wiktionary — birthday.
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 birthday.
noun
the date on which a person was born
- natal day
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is birthday in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
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| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of birthday
B(3) + I(1) + R(1) + T(1) + H(4) + D(2) + A(1) + Y(4) = 17 points.
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Anagrams of birthday
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
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Shorter words from birthday
111 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in birthday. Showing up to 24, longest first.