NYT Dictionary

TEEM

/tiːm/
VerbNounTEEMCollege

Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

Meaning

To be stocked to overflowing.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English temen (“to bear, to support”), from Anglian Old English tēman (“to give birth”) (West Saxon Old English tīeman), from Proto-West Germanic *taumijan (“to bridle”), from Proto-Germanic *taumijaną, from *taumaz ("bridle", continued in Modern English as team).

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

swarmpullulatepourstreamaboundbegetbristlecongregatecrawldeluge

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 47 recorded puzzles:

+35 earlier appearances in the archive.

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