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ONSLAUGHT
Definition of ONSLAUGHT
noun
A fierce attack.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From on- + slaught. Formed after Middle Dutch aenslag, aenslach, equivalent to aen + slag, although slaught corresponds to Middle Dutch slacht; slag is cognate with the English weaving term sley. Compare Dutch aanslag and German Anschlag.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names German, Middle Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ONSLAUGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 91 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONSLAUGHT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AGHLNOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ONSLAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found ONSLAUGHT?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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