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SASSWOODS
Definition of SASSWOODS
noun
plural of sasswood
SASSYWOOD · via sasswood
noun
A form of trial by ordeal in Liberia, typically involving a suspect drinking a poisonous concoction made from the bark of the ordeal tree Erythrophleum guineense, Erythrophleum ivorense, or Erythrophleum suaveolens (called sassy bark); by extension, other forms of trial by ordeal such as applying a heated machete to the suspect's legs, or dipping the suspect's hand into hot oil.
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Word DNA
SASSWOODS inherits its ancestry from its root, TRIAL.
Line of descent
- Anglo-Norman
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (296)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, TRIAL · 9 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.
SASSWOODS 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 15 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
SASSWOODS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADOOSSSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SASSWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SASSWOODS?
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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