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NOVELLE
Definition of NOVELLE
noun
plural of novella but only in the sense of a compact story.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian plural of novella.
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 (544)
branch · 15.5% 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.
NOVELLE 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 3 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
NOVELLE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELLNOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NOVELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NOVELLE?
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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