NYT Dictionary

DUNG

/ˈdʌŋ/
NounVerbInterjectionDUHNGGrade 6

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

Meaning

Manure; animal excrement.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

defecatedroppingsmuckammoniabmcompostcrapdressingcoprolitecoprolith

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 11 recorded puzzles:

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