BIRTH

Meaning

The process of childbearing; the beginning of life.

• verbTo bear or give birth to (a child).
• adjectiveA familial relationship established by childbirth.

BIRTH as a word-puzzle answer

BIRTH is a 5-letter word with 1 vowel (I) and 4 consonants (B, R, T, H). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (I, R, T), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.

BIRTH by the numbers

Across the 2,412 curated answers in the Wordocious bank, R appears in 36% of answers (the 3rd most common letter), T appears in 29% of answers (the 5th most common letter), I appears in 28% of answers (the 6th most common letter). 11 other answers share the opening “BI-”, so two green tiles up front still leave real guessing to do.

Difficulty: 2/5 — approachable, because 5+ near-miss answers compete for the same greens.

Near misses

One letter away in the answer bank: GIRTH, BERTH, MIRTH, FIRTH, BIRCH. Each of these turns four tiles green against BIRTH — the classic endgame squeeze where spending a guess on the differing letter beats burning attempts on hope.

Put it to use

Words like BIRTH are exactly what the daily puzzles throw at you. Warm up in Practice, race the clock in the Daily Challenge, or study the best starting words before your next run. New to the multi-board modes? The mode guides cover all nine.