NYT Dictionary

DOODY

/duːdi/
NounVerbDOO-dydoo-dy · 2 syllablesCollege

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

Meaning

Excrement, poop.

Etymology

Origin: Unknown

Respelling of duty (“act of urinating or defecating”), possibly by analogy with doodoo and/or because the sense is so far removed from the usual meaning of "duty."

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 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.

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