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MELON
Definition of MELON
noun
Some of the plants of the family Cucurbitaceae grown for food, generally not including the cucumber. Genus Cucumis, the true melon (including various cultigens like honeydew and cantaloupes), the horned melon, and others. Genus Citrullus, the watermelon and others. Benincasa hispida, the winter melon. Momordica charantia, the bitter melon.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English meloun, melon, from Old French melon, from Late Latin melonem, from Latin melopeponem, from Ancient Greek μηλοπέπων (mēlopépōn), from μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”) + πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MELON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MELON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ELMNO - 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.
Words that start MELON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found MELON?
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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