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AURAS

5 letters

Definition of AURAS

noun

plural of aura

AURA

noun

A subtle emanation or exhalation of any substance, such as an aroma or odour.

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Word DNA

AURAS inherits its ancestry from its root, AURA.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,280)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, AURA · 2 relatives in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

AURAS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 166
Its 16 boards, across 166 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
16
Boards found on
27
First board
163
Latest board
29
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Built from these letters

AURAS
5
Letters
3
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

AURAS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AARSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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.

Could you have found AURAS?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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