NYT Dictionary
TWINE
/twaɪn/NounVerbTWEYENGrade 4
Accepted in official NYT Spelling Bee puzzle years: 2020
Meaning
A twist; a convolution.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English twyn, twyne, twin, from Old English twīn (“double thread, twist, twine, linen-thread, linen”), from Proto-West Germanic *twiʀn (“thread, twine”), from Proto-Germanic *twiznaz, from Proto-Indo-European *dwisnós (“double”), from *dwóh₁ (“two”).
Synonyms & Antonyms
Antonyms
untwineunwinduntwist
NYT Puzzle Appearances
No published puzzle dates on file for this word yet. It is part of the official NYT Spelling Bee word list for 2020.