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DESCALED
Definition of DESCALED
verb
simple past and past participle of descale
verb
To remove scale from the surface of a metal, especially from the inner surfaces of boilers etc.
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Word DNA
DESCALED inherits its ancestry from its root, DESCALE.
How it is built
Same root, DESCALE · 3 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.
DESCALED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 141, 8 October 2026.
Built from these letters
DESCALED starts with D and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ACDDEELS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D and E appear more than once.
Words that start DESCAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESCALED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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