childhood: meaning and words from its letters
9 letters · 19 letter points · starts with C · ends with D
Meaning of childhood
noun
- uncountable
The state of being a child.
- countable, uncountable
The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
- broadly, countable, uncountable
The early stages of development of something.
Listed forms: childhoods.
Source: Wiktionary — childhood.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
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noun
the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is childhood 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 childhood
C(3) + H(4) + I(1) + L(1) + D(2) + H(4) + O(1) + O(1) + D(2) = 19 points.
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Anagrams of childhood
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 childhood
58 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in childhood. Showing up to 24, longest first.