NYT Dictionary

CATENATE

/ˈkæt.ən.eɪt/

VerbCAT-e-natecat-e-nate · 3 syllablesAdvanced/Professional

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Meaning

To connect things together, especially to form a chain.

Origin: Latin

Borrowed from Latin catēnātus (“chained”), from catēnāre, from catēna (“chain”).

catenulatechain concatenate connectcontinuejoin linkstringthread

No published puzzle dates on file for this word yet. It is part of the official NYT Spelling Bee word list for 2018, 2020, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.