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DESQUAMATORY
Definition of DESQUAMATORY
adjective
Pertaining to exfoliation Relating to the removal of the laminae of exfoliated bones. Related to the shedding of endothelial cells. Pertaining to the shedding or peeling off of the outermost layer of skin cells.
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Where it comes from
By surface analysis, desquamate + -ory.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
DESQUAMATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 164, 31 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DESQUAMATORY starts with D and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADEMOQRSTUY - 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.
Could you have found DESQUAMATORY?
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 164 - and most players walked straight past it.
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