fill
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When fill helps
Base Score
1
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
3
F I L
Two-Letter Start
FI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
LL
Check this pattern late
- 4 letters
- 3 unique letters
- FI start
- LL ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- fill is a four-letter word, so it is worth 1 point when accepted.
- It uses 3 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include f, i, l plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The LL ending makes this a useful pattern check after you try the FI start.
- BuzzyWords has saved this word in 1 published Daily snapshot.
Pronunciation
verb
To occupy fully, to take up all of.
verb
To add contents to (a container, cavity or the like) so that it is full.
verb
To enter (something), making it full.
verb
To become full.
"the bucket filled with rain; the sails fill with wind"
verb
To become pervaded with something.
"My heart filled with joy."
verb
To satisfy or obey (an order, request or requirement).
"The pharmacist filled my prescription for penicillin."
verb
To install someone, or be installed, in (a position or office), eliminating a vacancy.
"Sorry, no more applicants. The position has been filled."
verb
To treat (a tooth) by adding a dental filling to it.
"Dr. Smith filled Jim's cavity with silver amalgam."
verb
To fill or supply fully with food; to feed; to satisfy.
verb
To trim (a yard) so that the wind blows on the after side of the sails.
verb
(of a male) To have sexual intercourse with (a female).
"Did you fill that girl last night?"
noun
(after a possessive) A sufficient or more than sufficient amount.
"Don't feed him any more: he's had his fill."
noun
An amount that fills a container.
"The mixer returned to the plant for another fill."
noun
The filling of a container or area.
"That machine can do 20 fills a minute."
noun
Inexpensive material used to occupy empty spaces, especially in construction.
"The ruins of earlier buildings were used as fill for more recent construction."
noun
Soil and/or human-created debris discovered within a cavity or cut in the layers and exposed by excavation; fill soil.
noun
An embankment, as in railroad construction, to fill a hollow or ravine; also, the place which is to be filled.
noun
A short passage, riff, or rhythmic sound that helps to keep the listener's attention during a break between the phrases of a melody.
"bass fill"
noun
One of the thills or shafts of a carriage.