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SANCTUARY
Definition of SANCTUARY
noun
A place of safety, refuge, or protection.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English seyntuarie, from Old French saintuaire, from Late Latin sanctuarium (“a sacred place, a shrine, a private cabinet, in Medieval Latin also temple, church, churchyard, cemetery, right of asylum”), from Latin sanctus (“holy, sacred”); see saint.
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.
SANCTUARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SANCTUARY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACNRSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SANCTU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found SANCTUARY?
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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