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CUMIN
Definition of CUMIN
noun
The flowering plant Cuminum cyminum, in the family Apiaceae.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English comyn, from Old English cymen (which is cognate with Old High German kumin) and Old French cummin, both from Latin cuminum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon), a Semitic borrowing ultimately to be traced to Akkadian 𒂵𒈬𒉡 (Ú.GAMUN /kamūnu/, “cumin”). Possibly related to caraway.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,700)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CUMIN · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CUMIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
CUMIN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CIMNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found CUMIN?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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