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ROSALIA
Definition of ROSALIA
noun
A form of melody in which a phrase or passage is successively repeated, each time a tone or semi-tone higher or lower
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare French rosalie. Doublet of rusalka.
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.
ROSALIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 52, 11 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROSALIA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAILORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ROSALI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ROSALIA?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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