NYT Dictionary

THINE

/ðaɪn/
DeterminerPronounTHEYENGrade 12

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

Meaning

Second-person singular prevocalic possessive determiner (preconsonantal form: thy).

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English thyn, þyn, from Old English þīn, from Proto-West Germanic *þīn, from Proto-Germanic *þīnaz. Cognate to German dein, Danish, Swedish and Norwegian din, Faroese tín and Icelandic þinn.

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 7 recorded puzzles:

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