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DESERTS
Definition of DESERTS
noun
plural of desert
noun
A barren area of land or desolate terrain, especially one with little water or vegetation; a wasteland. In particular, a barren, arid area of land which is hot, with sandy, rocky, or parched ground.
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Word DNA
DESERTS inherits its ancestry from its root, DESERT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,977)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DESERT · 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.
DESERTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 74 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESERTS starts with D and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEERSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear 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 DESERT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESERTS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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