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NOVELLA
Definition of NOVELLA
noun
A short novel or long short story.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian novella. Doublet of novel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (546)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOVELLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 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
NOVELLA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AELLNOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NOVELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NOVELLA?
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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