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DESALTER
Definition of DESALTER
noun
A machine or facility that removes salt, as from crude oil or agricultural runoff.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From desalt + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DESALTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESALTER starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEELRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DESALT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found DESALTER?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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