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SPADASSIN
Definition of SPADASSIN
noun
a fighter, duelist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French spadassin, itself from Italian spadaccino (“swordsman”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,398)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPADASSIN · 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.
SPADASSIN 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 9 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
SPADASSIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADINPSSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and A appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SPADASSIN?
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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