NYT Dictionary

MINE

/maɪ̯n/
PronounDeterminerNounVerbMEYENGrade 5

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

Meaning

That or those belonging to me.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English min, myn, from Old English mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz, from Proto-Indo-European *méynos. Cognate with Saterland Frisian mien, West Frisian myn, Dutch mijn, Low German mien, German mein, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish min, Faroese and Icelandic mín.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

abridgeabyssarmbankbarricadebattlebereaveblastbleedblitz

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 27 recorded puzzles:

+15 earlier appearances in the archive.

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