babysitter

Meanings

Plural: babysitters

Noun

a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
A person who cares for one or more babies or children for a short period of time in place of their legal guardians.
A person who has to watch or attend to anything or anyone unnecessarily closely; a coddler or handholder.

Origin / Etymology

From baby + sitter.

Synonyms

baby-sitter, childsitter, sitter

Scrabble Score: 17

babysitter is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
babysitter is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
babysitter is not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

babysitter is a valid Words With Friends word