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DESALINIZE
Definition of DESALINIZE
verb
To remove the salt from something, especially from seawater.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From de- + saline + -ize.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DESALINIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESALINIZE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEIILNSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and I appear more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DESALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESALINIZE?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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