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ONYCHAS
Definition of ONYCHAS
Wiktionary has no entry for ONYCHAS itself. This is its base word, ONYCHA.
noun
the operculum of kinds of strombus or muricid, smoked as an ingredient in the Mosaic incense and pre-modern medicine
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for ONYCHA.
Borrowed from Latin onycha.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ONYCHA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ONYCHAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ONYCHAS starts with O and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACHNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found ONYCHAS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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