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ROSELLA
Definition of ROSELLA
noun
A parrot belonging to any of the five to eight species in the genus Platycercus (originally specifically Platycercus eximius) which is native to Australia and nearby islands.
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Where it comes from
Uncertain; perhaps a variant of Rosehill.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
ROSELLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROSELLA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AELLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ROSELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROSELLA?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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