NYT Dictionary

WELD

/wɛld/
NounVerbWELDGrade 7

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

Meaning

A herb (Reseda luteola) related to mignonette, growing in Europe, and to some extent in America, used to make a yellow dye.

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English welde, wolde, from Old English *weald, weard, variant form of wād, Proto-West Germanic *waiʀd, from Proto-Germanic *waizdaz. Alternatively reborrowed from or contaminated by Anglo-Norman wold, wolde (compare Old French guaide). Doublet of woad. Dutch wouw is derived from the same basic form with -l-.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

dyer's rocketdyer's weedwild woadaccumulateamassanklearticulatearticulationassembleassociate

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 6 recorded puzzles:

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