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ONLAY
Definition of ONLAY
verb
To lay or place something on a surface.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.
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.
ONLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONLAY starts with O and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ALNOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found ONLAY?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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