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DESCALES
Definition of DESCALES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative 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
DESCALES 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.
DESCALES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESCALES starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEELSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start DESCAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESCALES?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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