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ASSISTORS
Definition of ASSISTORS
noun
plural of assistor
ASSISTER · via assistor
noun
One who assists; an assistant or helper.
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Word DNA
ASSISTORS inherits its ancestry from its root, ASSIST.
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
Same root, ASSIST · 6 relatives 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.
ASSISTORS 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 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
ASSISTORS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIORSSSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ASSIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASSISTORS?
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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