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ASSEMBLE
Definition of ASSEMBLE
verb
To put together.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English assemblen, from Old French assembler (“to assemble”), from Medieval Latin assimulāre (“to bring together”), from ad- + simulō (“copy, imitate”), from similis (“like, similar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sem- (“together, one”). Doublet of assimilate.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,251)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASSEMBLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
ASSEMBLE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEELMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASSEMB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASSEMBLE?
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