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DESOLATOR
Definition of DESOLATOR
noun
Alternative spelling of desolater.
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Word DNA
DESOLATOR inherits its ancestry from its root, DESOLATE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,995)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DESOLATE · 5 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.
DESOLATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
DESOLATOR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADELOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start DESOLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DESOLATOR?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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