NYT Dictionary

MORPH

/mɔː(ɹ)f/

NounVerbMAWRFGrade 6

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2018

Meaning

A recurrent distinctive sound or sequence of sounds representing an indivisible morphological form; especially as representing a morpheme.

Origin: Ancient Greek

Back-formation from morpheme, from Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ, “form, shape”). Compare German Morph, from Morphem. Attested since the 1940s.

affix affixationconjugationcuttingdeclensionderivationformformativeinfixinflection

No published puzzle dates on file for this word yet. It is part of the official NYT Spelling Bee word list for 2018.