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SQUAMATION
Definition of SQUAMATION
noun
The condition or character of being covered with scales.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From squama + -ation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SQUAMA · 2 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.
SQUAMATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SQUAMATION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAIMNOQSTU - 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 SQUAMATION?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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