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   assort

   /əˈsɔːt/

   verb

   • 1. (of genes or characteristics) become distributed among cells or progeny: "banding on the shell assorts independently of colour"
   • 2. place in a group; classify: archaic "he would assort it with the fabulous dogs as a monstrous invention"

   Word Origin late 15th century: from Old French assorter, from a- (from Latin ad ‘to, at’) + sorte ‘sort, kind’.

   Scrabble Points: 6

   • A

     1

   • S

     1

   • S

     1

   • O

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

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