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PATELLA
Definition of PATELLA
noun
The sesamoid bone of the knee; the kneecap.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin patella (“a small pan or dish, a plate; the kneepan, patella”), diminutive of patina (“a broad shallow dish, pan”). Doublet of paella.
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.
PATELLA 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 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PATELLA starts with P and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAELLPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PATELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PATELLA?
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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