baker
A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
Noun 3 meanings
A person who bakes and sells bread, cakes and similar items.
A portable oven for baking.
An apple suitable for baking.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English bakere, from Old English bæcere (“baker”), from Proto-Germanic *bakārijaz (“baker”), equivalent to bake + -er. Cognate with Dutch bakker (“baker”), German Bäcker (“baker”), Norwegian Bokmål baker (“baker”), Swedish bagare (“baker”), Icelandic bakari (“baker”).
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BAKER at a glance
BAKER has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (B 3 + A 1 + K 5 + E 1 + R 1) and 12 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,736 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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