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ROSEOLA
Definition of ROSEOLA
noun
A rosy rash occurring in measles, typhoid fever, syphilis and some other diseases.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin roseola, from diminutive of Latin rosa (“a rose”).
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.
ROSEOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 85, 13 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROSEOLA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AELOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O 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 ROSEOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROSEOLA?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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