Meaning
The international mile: a unit of length precisely equal to 1.609344 kilometers established by treaty among Anglophone nations in 1959, divided into 5,280 feet or 1,760 yards.
Etymology
Origin: Old English
From Middle English myle, mile, from Old English mīl, from Proto-West Germanic *mīliju, a borrowing of Latin mīlia, mīllia, plural of mīle, mīlle (“mile”) (literally ‘thousand’ but used as a short form of mīlle passūs (“a thousand paces”)).
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
NYT Puzzle Appearances
Accepted in 25 recorded puzzles:
- 2026-08-08MEILTUV
- 2026-07-02MEGILNT
- 2026-06-02LDEIMNW
- 2026-05-14IBMKELO
- 2026-01-13MEYTLIN
- 2025-10-17LBEIMOZ
- 2025-09-27LCYNMIE
- 2025-07-10LEPMINT
- 2025-07-03LEUMITV
- 2025-02-09MALFEIN
- 2025-01-23EOBMKIL
- 2024-09-15MDLGEIN
+13 earlier appearances in the archive.