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SAPOTE
Definition of SAPOTE
noun
The soft, edible fruit of various South American trees, including the sapodilla. Sapotaceae species: Manilkara zapota, sapodilla, naseberry, native to Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Belize, and possibly El Salvador. Pouteria campechiana, yellow sapote, native to Mexico and Central America. Pouteria sapota, mamey sapote, from southern Mexico to northern South America. Pouteria viridis, green sapote, native to lowland southern Mexico. Ebenaceae species: Diospyros digyna, black sapote, from eastern Mexico south to Colombia. Diospyros texana, chapote, is native to the lower Rio Grande valley region in Texas and Mexico. Rutaceae species: Casimiroa edulis, white sapote, native to northern and central Mexico, Costa Rica, El Salvador and Guatemala.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish zapote, from a Nahuan language, from Proto-Nahuan *ȼapo-tl. Doublet of chapote.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (961)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SAPOTE · 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.
SAPOTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAPOTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SAPOTE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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