child: meaning and words from its letters
5 letters · 11 letter points · starts with C · ends with D
Meaning of child
noun
- broadly
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).
Example: Go easy on him: he is but a child.
- broadly, sometimes
A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority). A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter.
Example: My youngest child is forty-three this year.
The thirteenth Lenormand card.
Listed forms: children, childer, childe, chile, childrens, childs.
Source: Wiktionary — child.
verb
- ambitransitive, archaic
To give birth; to beget or procreate.
Listed forms: childs, childing, childed.
Source: Wiktionary — child.
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 child.
noun
a young person of either sex
noun
a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age
noun
an immature childish person
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is child 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 child
C(3) + H(4) + I(1) + L(1) + D(2) = 11 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 child
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 child
12 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in child. Showing up to 24, longest first.