fill-ins
Stand-ins at work
Fill-ins are people or things that substitute temporarily for something absent.
A fill-in covers for a vacationing coworker or replaces a sick band member: We hired a fill-in while Janet was on maternity leave.
Fill-ins also refers to blank spaces in a form or worksheet meant to be completed: The test had twenty fill-ins and ten multiple choice questions.
Clue-based letter grid
- blanksUnfilled spaces on forms
- cluesHints toward answers
- gridsIntersecting line frameworks
- squaresFour-sided equal figures
across · down · letters · answers · solutions · entries · solver · completion
Replacement for another
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- interimProvisional in-between phase
stopgap · placeholder · understudy · proxy · pinch-hitter · relief · cover · deputy
Reshuffled letter word
- palindromeReversible letter sequence
- acrosticVertically spelled hidden message
- cryptogramCoded message puzzle
- homophoneIdentically pronounced, differently spelled word
pun · vocabulary · lexicon · synonyms · antonyms · definitions · spellings · morpheme
crossword
Clue-based letter grid
squares · across · down · letters · answers · solutions · entries · solver · completion · diagramless
substitute
Replacement for another
- replacementWhat takes another's place
- stand-inTemporary human placeholder
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
interim · stopgap · placeholder · understudy · proxy · pinch-hitter · relief · cover · deputy · temp
anagram
Reshuffled letter word
- palindromeReversible letter sequence
- acrosticVertically spelled hidden message
- cryptogramCoded message puzzle
homophone · pun · vocabulary · lexicon · synonyms · antonyms · definitions · spellings · morpheme · linguistics
caulking
Material for sealing gaps
- groutingFilling tile joints
- spacklingApplying hole-filling compound
- plasteringCoating walls with morite
sealing · mudding · patching · sanding · taping · painting · drywall · cementing · glazing · weatherproofing
- paper gameshangman, tic-tac-toe, dots and boxes, battleship, boxes
- substitutessubstitute, subs, replacement, substitutes, stand-in
- graffititagging, throw-ups, throw-up, tag, pieces
- temp worktemp, temps, temp agency, temping, warehouse temp
- Temporary Educatorssubstitute teachers, substitutes, subs, supply teachers, relief teachers
- musical notationforte, score, piano, sheet music, notation
fill-inslifers
Those serving until death
salaried employees · permanent staff · full-time staff · regulars · fixtures