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LEGUME

/ˈlɛɡ.juːm/6 letters

Definition of LEGUME

noun

The fruit or seed of leguminous plants (as peas or beans) used for food.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French légume, from Latin legūmen (“bean”). Doublet of legumen.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
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.

LEGUME in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 28 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
28
Boards found on
20
First board
102
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 20, 9 June 2026.

Built from these letters

LEGUME
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

LEGUME starts with L and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEGLMU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

EMULGE

Words that start LEGUME

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found LEGUME?

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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.

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