NYT Dictionary

ALOHA

/əˈloʊˌhɑ/
NounInterjectiona-LO-haa-lo-ha · 3 syllablesGrade 5

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Meaning

Good wishes, love, compassion, peacefulness and affection.

Etymology

Origin: Indigenous languages

Etymology tree Proto-Austronesian *qaləp Proto-Austronesian *qaləpan Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qaləpan Proto-Oceanic *qalopan Proto-Polynesian *qarofa Hawaiian alohabor. English aloha Borrowed from Hawaiian aloha (“love”), from Proto-Polynesian *qarofa. Doublet of aroha and aropa.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

ciaoadieufarewellleavepartingvaledictory

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 19 recorded puzzles:

+7 earlier appearances in the archive.

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