filling
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When filling helps
Base Score
7
Before any board-specific bonus
Unique Letters
5
F G I L N
Two-Letter Start
FI
Useful for systematic scans
Ending
ING
Check this pattern late
- 7 letters
- 5 unique letters
- FI start
- ING ending
- repeated letters
Try it when
- filling is worth 7 points before any pangram bonus.
- It uses 5 unique letters, so it can fit boards that include f, g, i, l, n plus any remaining hive letters.
- Watch the repeated-letter pattern (I x2, L x2); those are easy points to miss when scanning quickly.
- The ING 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
Anything that is used to fill something.
noun
The contents of a pie, etc.
noun
Any material used to fill a cavity in a tooth or the result of using such material.
"I will be using a rapid-setting cement filling."
noun
The woof in woven fabrics.
noun
Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
noun
A religious experience attributed to the Holy Ghost "filling" a believer.
adjective
Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.
"a filling meal"