The term 'up till now' is used to refer to a period of time that has passed until the present moment. This phrase can be broken down into four crossword solutions: BEFORE (6 letters), asyet (5 letters), sofar (5 letters), and todate (6 letters). Each of these words can be used to describe the same concept, but they all have slightly different connotations. BEFORE implies that something happened in the past, asyet suggests that something has not yet happened, sofar implies progress or development, and todate implies that something has been done up to the present moment.