NYT Dictionary

BOAR

/boɹ/
NounBOHRGrade 5

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026

Meaning

A wild boar (Sus scrofa), the wild ancestor of the domesticated pig.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English bor, boor, from Old English bār, from Proto-West Germanic *bair.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

barrowbillybuckbullbullockchanticleercockcockereldogdrake

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 13 recorded puzzles:

+1 earlier appearances in the archive.

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