FILL

Meaning

To make full

Etymology

Origin: Old English

From Middle English fillen, fullen, from Old English fyllan (“to fill, fill up, replenish, satisfy; complete, fulfill”), from Proto-West Germanic *fullijan, from Proto-Germanic *fullijaną (“to make full, fill”), from *fullaz (“full”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”). Cognate with Scots fill (“to fill”), West Frisian folje (“to fill”), Low German füllen (“to fill”), Dutch vullen (“to fill”), German füllen (“to fill”), Danish fylde (“to fill”), Swedish fylla (“to fill”), Norwegian fylle (“to fill”), Icelandic fylla (“to fill”) and Latin plenus (“full”)

Synonyms & Antonyms

NYT Puzzle Appearances

Accepted in 43 recorded puzzles:

• 2026-09-27FDEILNU
• 2026-09-08IACEFLT
• 2026-09-02FAILNPT
• 2026-07-21FABILNY
• 2026-05-10LODNGFI
• 2026-05-04LFTHGIY
• 2026-04-16FANIGLT
• 2026-01-04FARLIMY
• 2025-12-18IUBNFEL
• 2025-11-26IALEBFX
• 2025-08-18IBNFELX
• 2025-07-24LANFBIY

+31 earlier appearances in the archive.