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DESICCATION
Definition of DESICCATION
noun
The state or process of being desiccated.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
DESICCATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESICCATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACCDEIINOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and C appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start DESICCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESICCATION?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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