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SORA
Definition of SORA
noun
A rail (Porzana carolina) bird of North, Central, and northern South America.
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Where it comes from
Early 19th-century sources observe that this term was in use in Virginia; presumably it is from an Indigenous American language of that area. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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.
SORA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SORA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AORS - 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 SORA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found SORA?
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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