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SASHAY

/ˈsæʃeɪ/6 letters

Definition of SASHAY

noun

A chassé.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Verlan (or metathesis) form of French chassé, past participle of chasser (“chase”), from Latin captō, frequentative of capiō (“to take”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (25,695)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, SASHAY · 3 relatives in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SASHAY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

wattevans

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SASHAY
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SASHAY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAHSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and A appear 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.

SHAYAS

Words that start SASHAY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SASHAY?

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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