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ASSES
Definition of ASSES
noun
plural of ass
ASS
noun
Any of several species of horselike animals, especially Equus asinus, the domesticated of which are used as beasts of burden.
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Word DNA
ASSES inherits its ancestry from its root, ASS.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,664)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ASS · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German, Irish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASSES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AESSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASSES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASSES?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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