NYT Dictionary

CENTO

/ˈsɛntoʊ/
NounCEN-tocen-to · 2 syllablesCollege

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

Meaning

A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.

Etymology

Origin: Latin

From Latin cento (“patchwork garment”).

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

interpolnatoseato

NYT Puzzle Appearances

No published puzzle dates on file for this word yet. It is part of the official NYT Spelling Bee word list for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2025.

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