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ASSIGNOR
Definition of ASSIGNOR
noun
The person or party that makes an assignment.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From assign + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ASSIGNOR · 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.
ASSIGNOR 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 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
ASSIGNOR starts with A and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AGINORSS - 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 ASSIGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASSIGNOR?
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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