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ONBOARDS

8 letters

Definition of ONBOARDS

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of onboard

ONBOARD

adjective

Carried or used on or in a vehicle or vessel.

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Word DNA

ONBOARDS inherits its ancestry from its root, ONBOARD.

How it is built

verbcompoundon-

Same root, ONBOARD · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ONBOARDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 172
Its 3 boards, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
143
First board
163
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

zubie223

on Day 143, 10 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ONBOARDS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

ONBOARDS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABDNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start ONBOAR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ONBOARDONBOARDING

Could you have found ONBOARDS?

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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.

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