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AURA
Definition of AURA
noun
A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin aura (“a breeze, a breath of air, the air”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breeze, soft wind”), from ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”). Doublet of east, auster, air, and aria. Sense 4 originated in the early 2020s and was popularized on TikTok around May 2024.
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.
AURA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 95 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AURA starts with A and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AARU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AURA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found AURA?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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