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ONAGER
Definition of ONAGER
noun
The Asiatic wild ass or hemione (Equus hemionus), an animal of the horse family native to Asia; specifically, the Persian onager, Persian wild ass, or Persian zebra (Equus hemionus onager).
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Other senses
ONAGER carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A wild ass (Equus hemionus) of Asia, having an erect mane, a light brown coat, and a dark stripe along the back.
noun
An ancient and medieval catapult, often employing a wooden arm with a short sling.
noun
A wild ass, Equus hemippus or E. onager, inhabiting the steppes of central Asia. See dziggetai.
noun
A war-engine for throwing stones, used in Europe in the middle ages.
Where it comes from
From Middle English onager, onagir (“wild ass; military catapult”), from Anglo-Norman onager, Middle French onager, onagre, Old French onager, onagre (“wild ass; military catapult”) (modern French onagre), from Late Latin onager (“large siege engine”), Latin onager (“wild ass”), from Hellenistic Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “wild ass”), Byzantine Ancient Greek ὄναγρος (ónagros, “large siege engine”), from ὄνος (ónos, “ass”) + ἄγριος (ágrios, “wild”) (from ᾰ̓γρός (ăgrós, “countryside; field”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eǵ- (“to drive”)) + -ῐος (-ĭos, suffix forming adjectives)). The “military engine” sense alludes to the strong recoil of the engine, likened to an onager’s kick; see the 2007 quotation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,647)
How it is built
Same root, ONAGER · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
ONAGER in a sentence
“The onager is a wild ass that brays 12 times to signal the spring equinox.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ONAGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONAGER starts with O and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEGNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 37
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