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SAINED
Definition of SAINED
verb
simple past and past participle of sain
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Word DNA
SAINED inherits its ancestry from its root, SAIN.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SAIN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Irish, Scottish Gaelic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SAINED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 107 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAINED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEINS - 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.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found SAINED?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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