NYT Dictionary

KNEED

/niːd/
AdjectiveVerbGrade 3

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

Meaning

Having a knee or knees, or, in combination, the stated type of knee or knees.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéw-der. Proto-Indo-European *ǵnéwom Proto-Germanic *knewą Proto-West Germanic *kneu Old English cnēo Middle English kne English knee English -ed English kneed From knee + -ed.

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 7 recorded puzzles:

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