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ORCHIL
Definition of ORCHIL
noun
Any of several lichens, especially those of the genera Roccella and Lecanora.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English orchell, from Old French orchel, orseil, from Old Catalan orxella (influenced by dialectal Arabic [script needed] ('urjālla)), from Italian oricello, from Latin ōricilla, diminutive of ōricula (variant of auricula), both diminutives of auris (“ear”)) + illa (a double diminutive suffix) or from auris (“ear”) + cula + illa. The name of the dye was influenced by the visual resemblance of the lichen used in production to a small ear.
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.
ORCHIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ORCHIL starts with O and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CHILOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ORCHIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ORCHIL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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