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WALLA
Definition of WALLA
noun
Alternative spelling of wallah.
noun
A servant or other person responsible for something, often specified before it, for example kitchen wallah.
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Word DNA
WALLA inherits its ancestry from its root, WALLAH.
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (357)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, WALLAH · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WALLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
Built from these letters
WALLA starts with W and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AALLW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start WALLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WALLA?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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