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ASSESS
Definition of ASSESS
verb
To determine, estimate or judge the value of; to evaluate; to estimate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English assessen, from Old French assesser, from Medieval Latin assessare, originally the frequentative of Latin assessus, past participle of assidēre, from ad (“to, towards, at”) + sedeō (“sit; settle down”). Cognate with Spanish asentar (“to settle”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ASSESS · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASSESS 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 found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ASSESS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AESSSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears 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 ASSESS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASSESS?
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