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OONT

/ʊnt/4 letters

Definition of OONT

noun

A camel.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Hindustani اُونْٹ / ऊँट (ū̃ṭ, “camel”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

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

OONT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its 3 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
29
First board
111
Latest board
43
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.

Built from these letters

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

OONT starts with O and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read NOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.

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 OONT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found OONT?

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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.

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