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DESQUAMATION
Definition of DESQUAMATION
noun
The shedding of the outer layers of the skin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin desquamare (“to scrape the scales off a fish”), from squāma (“scale”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DESQUAMATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESQUAMATION starts with D and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADEIMNOQSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Q - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start DESQUAMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found DESQUAMATION?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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