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Is birth a Scrabble word?

Yes, birth is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 10 points in Scrabble.

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  • Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
  • Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
  • Wordle Yes
  • Words With Friends Yes

What is the meaning of birth?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (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.uncountable

2. (countable) An instance of childbirth.Examples: "Intersex babies account for roughly one per cent of all births."; "In Greece a child was given its name on the seventh or tenth day after birth."countable

3. (countable) A beginning or start; a point of origin.Examples: "the birth of an empire"countable

4. (uncountable) The circumstances of one's background, ancestry, or upbringing.Examples: "He was of noble birth, but fortune had not favored him."; "without reference to birth, but solely for their qualifications"; "Lucy […] had no fortune, which, though a minor evil, was an evil; and she had no birth, in the high-life sense of the word, which was a greater evil."uncountable

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To bear or give birth to (a child).Examples: "I don't know nothin' 'bout birthin' babies!"; "Kelly: Is it true we have a pod containing a baby krogan down in the cargo hold? Shepard: Not a baby. He's a full-grown super soldier ready for combat. Kelly: Please be careful if you decide to... err... birth him? His personality is completely unknown."; "She cites some recent examples from the papers: “I birthed two babies in rapid succession”; Beyoncé “birthed her twins”; while somewhere else in the same paper a woman proudly proclaimed: “I birthed a calf!”. She ends: “My objection to the American usage is that it seems to stress rather crudely the muscular process of bringing forth a baby, whereas the graceful British English term ‘to give birth to’ is much more dignified!”"transitive

2. (transitive, figuratively) To produce, give rise to.Examples: "Biological evolution created a human mind that enabled cultural evolution, which now outpaces and outclasses the force that birthed it."figurativelytransitive

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "birth"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "birth"?

Scrabble
10 points
B3
I1
R1
T1
H4
Words With Friends
10 points
B4
I1
R1
T1
H3

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