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ASSESSOR
Definition of ASSESSOR
noun
One who assesses a property for tax or insurance evaluation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English assessour, from Old French assessour, from Latin assessor (“assistant judge; assessor of taxes”). Cognate with French assesseur.
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 (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASSESSOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 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
ASSESSOR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEORSSSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ASSESS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASSESSOR?
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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