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ONANISTIC
Definition of ONANISTIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to masturbation or onanism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From onanist + -ic or Onan + -istic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ONANISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONANISTIC starts with O and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACIINNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and I appear more than once.
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 ONANIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ONANISTIC?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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