sauna

Meanings

Plural: saunas

Noun

a Finnish steam bath; steam is produced by pouring water over heated rocks
A room or a house designed for heat sessions.
The act of using a sauna.
A public sauna.
In some countries, a business with bath-like facilities that is actually a brothel or a place for (non-commercial) sexual encounters; a bathhouse or massage parlour.
A very hot place or room.

Verb

To use a sauna.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Finnish sauna. Doublet of stack.

Synonyms

firebath, sweat room

Scrabble Score: 5

sauna is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sauna is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sauna is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 7

sauna is a valid Words With Friends word