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ONTO

/ˈɒn.tuː/4 letters

Definition of ONTO

preposition

Arriving upon or on top of (speaking of a physical or metaphorical movement).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From on + to, after into. Compare Saterland Frisian antou (“up to”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ONTO in OUTLIER

It has fitted 1 board so far.

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Boards it fitted
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

jzzbl

on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ONTO
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ONTO starts with O and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read NOOT - 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 ONTO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ONTOGENYONTOLOGYONTOGENICONTOLOGICONTOGENIESONTOLOGIESONTOLOGISTONTOGENESESONTOGENESISONTOGENETICONTOLOGICALONTOLOGISTS

Could you have found ONTO?

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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.

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