NYT Dictionary

VOID

/vɔɪd/
AdjectiveNounVerbVOIDvoid · 1 syllableGrade 6

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

Meaning

Containing nothing; empty; not occupied or filled.

Etymology

Origin: Middle English

From Middle English voide, voyde, from Old French vuit, voide, vuide (modern vide), in turn from Vulgar Latin *vocitum, ultimately from Latin vacuus.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

vacantunfilledemptyempty as a pauper's purseempty as the tomb on Eastercleanleertoomvacuumlikevacuous

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 5 recorded puzzles:

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