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ASSUAGE
Definition of ASSUAGE
verb
To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.
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 (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ASSUAGE · 4 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.
ASSUAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 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 12 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
ASSUAGE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEGSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and S appear 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 ASSUAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASSUAGE?
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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