Meaning
A tract of level uncultivated land with sandy soil and scrubby vegetation; heathland.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English heth, heeth, hethe, from Old English hǣþ (“heath, untilled land, waste; heather”), from Proto-West Germanic *haiþi, from Proto-Germanic *haiþī (“heath, waste, untilled land”), from Proto-Indo-European *kayt- (“forest, wasteland, pasture”). Cognate with Dutch heide (“heath, moorland”), German Heide (“heath, moor”), Norwegian hei (“heath”), Swedish hed (“heath, moorland”), Old Welsh coit (“forest”), Welsh coed (“forest”), Latin būcētum (“pastureland”, literally “cow-pasture”) -cetum (“place of, grove of”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 17 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-09-20HACEILT
- 2026-08-09HACELOT
- 2026-06-15HACEIPT
- 2026-05-16AEHNOPT
- 2026-05-09TAEGHIM
- 2025-06-04TAYLEDH
- 2025-05-15HTAMECK
- 2025-02-13HTALEBI
- 2024-11-07TACEHUX
- 2024-10-02HAMECIT
- 2024-04-26ADPHEOT
- 2024-03-03HAELNPT
+5 earlier appearances in the archive.