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MICELLAR
Definition of MICELLAR
adjective
Of or pertaining to micelles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From micelle + -ar.
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.
MICELLAR 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 2 days.
Built from these letters
MICELLAR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEILLMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MICELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MICELLAR?
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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