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ONEROUS
Definition of ONEROUS
adjective
Imposing or constituting a physical, mental, or figurative load which can be borne only with effort; burdensome.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English onerous, borrowed from Middle French onereux, from Old French onereus, a learned borrowing from Latin onerosus, from onus (“burden”) + -ōsus. Compare exonerate.
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.
ONEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 155 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 1, 22 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ONEROUS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ONEROU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found ONEROUS?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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