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CAMELLIA
Definition of CAMELLIA
noun
Any plant of the genus Camellia, shrubs and small trees native to Asia; Camellia japonica is the most popular as a garden plant; Camellia sinensis is the tea plant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from translingual Camellia, named after Moravian botanist Joseph Kamel (‘Camellus’) (1661–1706). The Czech surname Kamel is a variant of Kamil.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Czech
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
53rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0%
of traced words share this origin (23)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CAMELLIA · 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.
CAMELLIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CAMELLIA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEILLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start CAMELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CAMELLIA?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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