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FILL
Definition of FILL
verb
To make full To add contents to so that it is full.
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Where it comes from
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”)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FILL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FILL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FILL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FILL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FILL?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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