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ORCHELLA
Definition of ORCHELLA
noun
archil, orchil lichen
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Variant of orchilla, borrowed from Spanish orchilla.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (985)
branch · 12.8% 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.
ORCHELLA 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 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 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
ORCHELLA starts with O and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACEHLLOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ORCHEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORCHELLA?
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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