Onion

5 lettersnouncommon

Updated February 2026

Definition

A bulbous vegetable with layered skin that has a strong smell and taste.

“She chopped the onion for the soup.”

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Good mix of common vowels O and I with N.

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Worth 5 points, useful for building off existing words.

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