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ASAFETIDA
Definition of ASAFETIDA
noun
Alternative spelling of asafoetida.
noun
A resinous gum from the stem and roots of Ferula species such as Ferula foetida and Ferula assa-foetida, having a strong, unpleasant smell, with culinary and medical uses.
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Word DNA
ASAFETIDA inherits its ancestry from its root, ASAFOETIDA.
Line of descent
- Persian
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (518)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ASAFOETIDA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASAFETIDA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASAFETIDA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAADEFIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ASAFET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASAFETIDA?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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