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SAIGA
Definition of SAIGA
noun
Saiga tatarica, an antelope which inhabits a vast area between Kalmykia, Kazakhstan, southern Siberia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Russian сайга́ (sajgá, “saiga”), from Kazakh сайғақ (sayğaq, “saiga”), from Proto-Turkic *saygak (“saiga”).
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.
SAIGA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAIGA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAGIS - 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.
Words that start SAIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found SAIGA?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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