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RUANA
Definition of RUANA
noun
An outer garment typical of the Andes region of Venezuela and Colombia, and resembling a poncho.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French ruana and its etymon, Spanish ruana (“woolen fabric or garment”), of disputed origin. Suggestions include Latin rūga (“wrinkle”), Quechua ruana (“textile”), and Chibcha ruana (“land of blankets”); see Wikipedia.
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.
RUANA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RUANA starts with R and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AANRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found RUANA?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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