Meaning
A short textual designation, often with little relation to the item it represents.
Etymology
Origin: Middle English
Etymology tree Latin caudex Latin cōdex Old French codebor. Middle English code English code From Middle English code (“system of law”), from Old French code (“system of law”), from Latin cōdex, later form of caudex (“the stock or stem of a tree, a board or tablet of wood smeared over with wax, on which the ancients originally wrote; hence, a book, a writing.”). Doublet of codex. Verb etymology 1, verb sense 7 is an ellipsis of code blue (“medical emergency”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 18 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-10-06CDEHNOT
- 2026-08-16CBDELOU
- 2026-06-08EBCDJOT
- 2026-01-26DBYTECO
- 2025-08-13OCVEDNY
- 2025-05-04OCTEDHU
- 2025-03-27CDPUOEL
- 2025-01-07CWLEKOD
- 2024-09-02CDNIEJO
- 2024-05-01CDOLENU
- 2023-11-19CBDEINO
- 2023-09-26COALBDE
+6 earlier appearances in the archive.