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ROSELLE
Definition of ROSELLE
noun
Hibiscus sabdariffa, an edible flower in the hibiscus family used to make hibiscus tea.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Perhaps an alteration or misapprehension of French oseille denoting this plant, specific use of oseille sorrel; perhaps compare also sorrel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,548)
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.
ROSELLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROSELLE starts with R and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELLORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start ROSELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROSELLE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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