NYT Dictionary

FEET

/ˈfiːt/
NounFEETfeet · 1 syllableGrade 2

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Meaning

plural of foot

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English feet, fet, from Old English fēt, from Proto-Germanic *fōtiz, from Proto-Indo-European *pódes, nominative plural of *pṓds (“foot”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Fäite (“feet”), West Frisian fiet (“feet”), German Füße (“feet”), Danish fødder (“feet”), Swedish fötter (“feet”), Faroese føtur (“feet”), Icelandic fætur (“feet”).

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

footpesftfoundationbasefundamentgroundworksubstructureunderstructureback

Antonyms

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 21 recorded puzzles:

+9 earlier appearances in the archive.

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