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SAPOTES
Definition of SAPOTES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
SAPOTES inherits its ancestry from its root, SAPOTE.
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 (973)
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.
SAPOTES 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 8 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
SAPOTES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEOPSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found SAPOTES?
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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