NYT Dictionary

TEXT

/tɛkst/
NounVerbTEXTtext · 1 syllableGrade 4

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

Meaning

A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

Etymology

Origin: Middle English

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-seti Proto-Indo-European *téḱseti Proto-Italic *teksō? Latin texō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus New Latin textusbor. Old French textebor. Middle English text English text From Middle English text, from Old French texte, from Medieval Latin textus, from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to texture.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

topicthemetext handmessageSMStextbookschoolbookabecedaryacknowledgmentadage

Antonyms

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 11 recorded puzzles:

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