This clue can be a bit tricky, and it is a term for a newborn child. It’s a six-letter word used to fill up the downward section of the NYT Crossword puzzle dated November 18, 2025. We’re looking for a term for a child that has just been born. Infant and toddler are six letters, but they’re not the answers for this clue.
A cute newborn child is called something out of a sci-fi movie
Another term for a newborn child is a NEONATE. That sounds a bit futuristic, but it’s a term in the field of medicine. In fact, some parents give their neonate things called Neonatal Shots. These are vaccines that can be given to newborn children without the worries of giving them negative health effects.
To further explain, the two words that build it up are based on Greek and Latin. Neos means new in Greek, and Nat is Latin for born. Put them together, and you get neosnat or the updated and modern word of neonate.
