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DESQUAMATE
Definition of DESQUAMATE
verb
To remove the scales from, to scale; (less narrowly) to peel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1740; borrowed from Latin dēsquāmātus, perfect passive participle of dēsquāmō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)), from dē- (“off”) + squāma (“a scale”) + -ō (“verb-forming suffix”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, DESQUAMATE · 1 relative 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.
DESQUAMATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESQUAMATE starts with D and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEEMQSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DESQUA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found DESQUAMATE?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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