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CANTALOUPES
Definition of CANTALOUPES
noun
plural of cantaloupe
noun
Cucumis melo Cantalupensis Group, a cultivar group melon with sweet aromatic orange flesh, including two main types: Cantalupensis Group sensu stricto, with non- or slightly netted rind, also known as true cantaloupe or European cantaloupe, found in the Middle East and Europe. Reticulatus Group (now merged into Cantalupensis Group), with strongly netted rind, also known as American cantaloupe, muskmelon or rockmelon.
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Word DNA
CANTALOUPES inherits its ancestry from its root, CANTALOUPE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,299)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANTALOUPE · 4 relatives 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.
CANTALOUPES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
CANTALOUPES starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACELNOPSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CANTALO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
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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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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