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SAOLA
Definition of SAOLA
noun
A critically endangered ruminant of species Pseudoryx nghetinhensis, of Vietnam and Laos.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Vietnamese sao la, probably from Lao ເສົາຫລ (sao la, “spindle[-horned]”) or some other Tai-Kadai language.
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.
SAOLA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 51, 10 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAOLA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AALOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SAOLA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found SAOLA?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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