Words Starting With T
1,281 words accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzles since 2018 starting with T, with meanings, pronunciation, etymology and puzzle appearances for each. Browse all letters.
T Words
- tabardNoun
A silk banner attached to a bugle or trumpet.
- tabbedAdjective · Verb
Having a tab (protruding strip of material).
- tabbiedVerb
simple past and past participle of tabby
- tabbingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of tab
- tabbyNoun · Adjective
A kind of waved silk, usually called watered silk, manufactured like taffeta, but thicker and stronger. The watering is given to it by calendering.
- tabeticAdjective · Noun
Of or pertaining to tabes.
- tabidAdjective
Pertaining to tabes.
- tablaNoun
A pair of tuned hand drums, used in various musical genres of the Indian subcontinent, that are similar to bongos.
- tableNoun · Verb
Furniture with a top surface to accommodate a variety of uses.
- tableauNoun
A striking and vivid representation or scene; a picture.
- tabletNoun · Verb
A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
- tabletopNoun · Adjective
The flat, horizontal upper surface of a table.
- tabooNoun · Adjective
An inhibition or ban that results from social custom or emotional aversion.
- taborNoun · Verb
A small drum.
- tabourNoun · Verb
Alternative spelling of tabor.
- tabuNoun · Verb
Alternative spelling of taboo.
- tabulableAdjective
That can be tabulated or represented statistically.
- tabulateVerb · Noun
To arrange in tabular form; to arrange into a table.
- tabuliNoun
Alternative spelling of tabbouleh.
- tabunNoun
An extremely toxic nerve gas; a clear, tasteless liquid, with the molecular formula C₅H₁₁N₂O₂P.
- taceNoun
Alternative form of tasse.
- tacetVerb
An instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece.
- tachNoun
Clipping of tachometer.
- tacheNoun
Moustache, mustache.
- tacitAdjective
Implied, but not made explicit, especially through silence.
- tacitlyAdverb
In a tacit manner; done in silence or implied.
- taciturnAdjective
Silent; temperamentally untalkative; disinclined to speak.
- tackNoun · Verb
A small nail with a flat head.
- tackedVerb
simple past and past participle of tack
- tacketNoun
A small, broad-headed nail or tack.
- tackingVerb · Noun
present participle and gerund of tack
- tackleNoun · Verb
A device for grasping an object and an attached means of moving it, as a rope and hook.
- tackledVerb · Adjective
simple past and past participle of tackle
- tackyAdjective · Noun
Of a substance, slightly sticky.
- tacoNoun · Verb
A Mexican snack food made of a small tortilla (soft- or hard-shelled) filled with ingredients such as meat, rice, beans, cheese, diced vegetables, and salsa.
- tactNoun · Verb
Sensitive mental touch; special skill or faculty; keen perception or discernment; ready power of appreciating and doing what is required by circumstances; the ability to say the…
- tactfulAdjective
Possessing tact; able to deal with people in a sensitive manner.
- tactfullyAdverb
In a tactful manner.
- tacticNoun · Adjective
A maneuver, or action calculated to achieve some end.
- tacticalAdjective · Noun
Of or relating to tactics.
- tacticallyAdverb
in a tactical manner; in a manner calculated to achieve some end.
- tacticianNoun
A person skilled in the planning and execution of tactics.
- tactileAdjective
Tangible; perceptible to the sense of touch.
- tactilityNoun
The condition of being tactile (relating to or able to be perceived by the sense of touch).
- tactionNoun
The act of touching; touch; contact.
- tactualAdjective
Of, or relating to the sense of touch.
- tactuallyAdverb
In a tactual manner; by, or relating to, the sense of touch.
- taelNoun
Any of several units of measure used in China and elsewhere in eastern Asia, approximately 40 grams, and metricated in Mainland China as exactly 50 grams.
- taeniaNoun
A ribbon worn in the hair in ancient Greece.
- taeniaeNoun
plural of taenia
- taeniteNoun
A mineral, found in certain meteorites, that is a magnetic alloy of iron and nickel
- taffetaNoun
A crisp, smooth woven fabric made from silk or synthetic fibers.
- taffiaNoun
Alternative form of tafia.
- taffrailNoun
The curved wooden top of the stern of a sailing man-of-war or East Indiaman, usually carved or decorated.
- taffyNoun
A soft, chewy candy made from boiled sugar, molasses, or corn syrup and butter.
- tafiaNoun
A variety of rum.
- tagalongNoun
One who, or that which, tags along.
- taggantNoun
That which serves as a tag, such as an identification microchip or a chemical or physical marker.
- taggedAdjective · Verb
Having a tag; labeled.
- taggingNoun · Verb
The act by which something is tagged.
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