NYT Dictionary

NANOBOT

NounAdvanced/Professional

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

Meaning

A very small autonomous robot, typically the size of a biological cell, designed to work alone or in very large numbers to achieve some task.

Etymology

Origin: Unknown

From nano- + -bot.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

nanorobotnanomachinenanite

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 8 recorded puzzles:

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