Big first for baby

The answer

STEP

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the STEP answer page.

Used 7 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2014; first recorded in 1979. It appears in 5 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for STEP

Every other clue in this collection answered by STEP, most used first.

• Dance move - used 190 times, most recently in 2026
• Short distance - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a process - used 84 times, most recently in 2026
• Ladder rung - used 79 times, most recently in 2026
• Staircase part - used 70 times, most recently in 2026
• Put one's foot down - used 57 times, most recently in 2025
• Dance unit - used 50 times, most recently in 2026
• Big first for a baby - used 41 times, most recently in 2025
• Rung - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Dance lesson - used 39 times, most recently in 2025
• Footfall - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Pedometer unit - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Flight part - used 35 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a flight - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Rung of a ladder - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Pace - used 32 times, most recently in 2014
• Escalator part - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
• Degree. - used 29 times, most recently in 2012
• Bit of choreography - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Dance bit - used 27 times, most recently in 2025
• Flight unit - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a staircase - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• "Watch your ___!" - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Procedure part - used 24 times, most recently in 2022
• Dance movement - used 23 times, most recently in 2021
• Choreography bit - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
• Part of a plan - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Stride - used 22 times, most recently in 2026
• Dance part - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
• Fitbit unit - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
• Plan part - used 20 times, most recently in 2023
• Stair part - used 20 times, most recently in 2025
• A ___ in the right direction - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
• Flight component - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• Phase - used 19 times, most recently in 2000
• Instructions part - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Bit of progress - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Resign, with "down" - used 17 times, most recently in 2023
• Chassé. - used 16 times, most recently in 1992
• Flight segment - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Put your foot down - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Stair - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
• Tread - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
• Footprint - used 14 times, most recently in 2011
• Gait - used 14 times, most recently in 2018
• Part of a recipe - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
• "___ right up!" - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
• ___ aerobics - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Baby-book first - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Measure - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Part of a dance - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
• Process part - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
• Recipe part - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• "___ lively!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2021
• "___ on it!" - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
• Two-__; ballroom dance - used 11 times, most recently in 2023
• Increase, with "up" - used 10 times, most recently in 2022
• Kind of aerobics - used 10 times, most recently in 2016
• Ladder part - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• Move a foot - used 10 times, most recently in 2021
• Small progression - used 10 times, most recently in 2013
• Stage - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Stairway part - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
• How-to part - used 9 times, most recently in 2017
• Instruction unit - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Part of a dance lesson - used 9 times, most recently in 2024
• Small distance. - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
• Bobby Brown's "Every Little ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Dance component - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Dance instruction - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• How-to unit - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• One foot forward - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Part of a dance routine - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Procedure. - used 8 times, most recently in 2004
• Aerobics prop - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Algorithm part - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Dance - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Part of a procedure - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Part of a recovery program - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Piece of choreography - used 7 times, most recently in 2013
• Aerobic bit - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Aerobics class prop - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
• Flight feature - used 6 times, most recently in 2019
• Instruction part - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Kind of ladder - used 6 times, most recently in 2010
• Kind of mother or child - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• One ___ at a time - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• One of AA's twelve - used 6 times, most recently in 2009
• Phase of a process - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Put one foot in front of the other - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Self-help level - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Short stride - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
• Staircase unit - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• You may have to watch yours - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

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