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COURGETTE
Definition of COURGETTE
noun
A particular variety of Cucurbita pepo, a small marrow/squash.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French courgette, diminutive of courge (“vegetable marrow, marrow squash”). Ultimately related to zucchini through Latin cucurbita.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
COURGETTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 106, 3 September 2026.
Built from these letters
COURGETTE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEGORTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found COURGETTE?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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