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SQUAMATED
Definition of SQUAMATED
adjective
squamose
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Word DNA
SQUAMATED inherits its ancestry from its root, SQUAMATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SQUAMATE · 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.
SQUAMATED 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 2 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
SQUAMATED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEMQSTU - 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 SQUAMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SQUAMATED?
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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