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4 LETTERS1 POINT[tɪl]

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How till fits the hive

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Base Score

1

Before any pangram bonus

Unique Letters

3

I L T

Two-Letter Start

TI

Useful for systematic scans

Ending

LL

Useful for cleanup scans

  • 4 letters
  • 3 unique letters
  • TI start
  • LL ending
  • repeated letters

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  • till 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 i, l, t 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 TI start.
  • BuzzyWords has saved this word in 5 published Daily pages.

Pronunciation

[tɪl][tɪl]

Definitions

  1. preposition

    Until; to, up to; as late as (a given time).

    "I have to work till eight o'clock tonight."

  2. preposition

    To, up to (physically).

    "They led him till his tent"

  3. preposition

    To make it possible that.

  4. conjunction

    Until, until the time that.

    "Maybe you can, maybe you can't: you won't know till you try."

  5. noun

    A cash register.

  6. noun

    A removable box within a cash register containing the money.

    "Pull all the tills and lock them in the safe."

  7. noun

    The contents of a cash register, for example at the beginning or end of the day or of a cashier's shift.

    "My count of my till was 30 dollars short."

  8. noun

    A tray or drawer in a chest.

  9. verb

    To develop so as to improve or prepare for usage; to cultivate (said of knowledge, virtue, mind etc.).

  10. verb

    To work or cultivate or plough (soil); to prepare for growing vegetation and crops.

  11. verb

    To cultivate soil.

  12. verb

    To prepare; to get.

  13. noun

    Glacial drift consisting of a mixture of clay, sand, pebbles and boulders

  14. noun

    Manure or other material used to fertilize land

  15. noun

    A vetch; a tare.

Related Words

Same Letters

  • lilt
  • tilt

Synonyms

  • til
  • until

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