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ONSHORE
Definition of ONSHORE
adjective
Moving from the sea towards the land.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From on + shore.
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.
ONSHORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 81, 9 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 99, 27 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONSHORE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHNOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ONSHOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ONSHORE?
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 81 - and most players walked straight past it.
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