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SAIN
Definition of SAIN
verb
To make the sign of the cross on or over something or someone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sainen, seinen, senen, sinen, signen, from Old English sēnian, seġnian, from Proto-Germanic *segnōną (“to mark with a cross, bless”), from Latin signō, from signum. Cognate with Dutch zegenen (“to bless”), German segnen (“to bless”), Irish séan (“sign, omen”) and Scottish Gaelic seun (“a charm”).
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.
SAIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SAIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SAIN?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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