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SAUNA
Definition of SAUNA
noun
A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Possibly a doublet of stack.
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.
SAUNA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SAUNA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AANSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SAUNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SAUNA?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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