NYT Dictionary

EXCITONIC

AdjectiveEX-ci-ton-icex-ci-ton-ic · 4 syllablesAdvanced/Professional

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025

Meaning

Of or pertaining to excitons or excitonics

Etymology

Origin: Middle English

Etymology tree English excite English -on English exciton Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English excitonic From exciton + -ic.

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 2020, 2022, 2023, 2025.

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