til

/tɪl/
conjunctionprepositionnoun

until, till

NWL Collins ENABLE

Conjunction 1 meaning

  1. until, till

Preposition 1 meaning

  1. until, till

Noun 2 meanings

  1. Sesame (plant: Sesamum indicum)

  2. Any of species Ocotea foetens in family Lauraceae, native to Madeira and the Canary Islands.

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Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English til, from Old English til (“to, until”), possibly from Old Norse til, both from Proto-Germanic *tilą (“goal”), or Proto-Germanic *til (“to, towards”). Compare to Old Frisian til.

TIL at a glance

TIL has 3 letters and scores 3 points in Scrabble (T 1 + I 1 + L 1) and 4 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #6,738 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

Rhymes with til

All rhymes
  • UNTIL5
  • LENTIL6
  • INSTIL6
  • DISTIL7
  • PISTIL8
  • GENTIL7
  • SUBTIL8
  • PONTIL8
  • DENTIL7
  • INTIL5
  • COUTIL8
  • POSTIL8

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