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VARICELLA
Definition of VARICELLA
noun
An acute, highly contagious pathogenic disease caused by the varicella zoster virus, primarily affecting children and characterized by a widespread eruptive skin rash of itchy blisters;chicken pox
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin varicella, diminutive of variola (“pox”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,487)
branch · 33% 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.
VARICELLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
VARICELLA starts with V and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACEILLRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start VARICE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found VARICELLA?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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