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MARCELLA
Definition of MARCELLA
noun
A kind of corded or ribbed fabric made from cotton, rayon, or silk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From an alteration of Marseille, due to the French city formerly being a centre of piqué production.
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.
MARCELLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MARCELLA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACELLMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MARCEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MARCELLA?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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