Get the answer to the NYT Spelling Bee clue “Infant”, starting with the letters ba.
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noun
- The youngest of a group
"He is the baby of the family."
- One that is like a baby (as in behavior)
"When it comes to getting shots, I'm a real baby."
- Something that is one's special responsibility, achievement, or interest
"The project was his baby."
- Girl, woman
- Boy, man
- Used as a term of endearment
- Person, thing
"is one tough baby"
adjective
- Of, relating to, or being an extremely young child
"a baby bonnet"
- Much smaller than the usual
"baby carrots"
verb
- To tend to indulge with often excessive or inappropriate care and solicitude
"babying their only child"
- To use or treat with care
"babying a sore knee"
plural noun
- Meaty pork ribs cut from the lower back rib section
noun
- A pale blue
- Blue eyes
"She's a zaftig woman, with long red hair and a pale rose complexion setting off those baby blues."
- A feeling of sadness that is experienced by a woman shortly after giving birth, that is typically accompanied by other symptoms (such as mood swings, crying spells, and insomnia), and that usually lasts less than two weeks postpartum blues
"Baby blues isn't an illness or even a proper psychiatric diagnosis, it is simply a way that people have tried to describe unpleasant feelings that occur shortly after having a baby and tend to resolve in a few days."
- a pale blue
- blue eyes
- a feeling of sadness that is experienced by a woman shortly after giving birth, that is typically accompanied by other symptoms (such as mood swings, crying spells, and insomnia), and that usually lasts less than two weeks : postpartum blues —usually used with the
noun
- A delicate blue-flowered California herb (Nemophila menziesii) of the waterleaf family
noun
- A marked rise in birth rate (as in the U.S. following the end of World War II)
noun
- A person born during a period of time in which there is a marked rise in a population's birth rate a person born during a baby boom
noun
- A small or secondary baby boom (as in the U.S. in the 1980s and 1990s)
noun
- A bottle with a rubber nipple used in supplying food to infants
This clue was used on June 9, 2025.
This clue has been used several times with the same answer. It also appeared on these dates:
January 16, 2025