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ONSIDE
Definition of ONSIDE
adjective
Not in an offside position; in the part of the playing area where one can legally play the ball, puck, etc.
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Where it comes from
From on + side.
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.
ONSIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 82, 10 August 2026.
Built from these letters
ONSIDE starts with O and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 ONSIDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ONSIDE?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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