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PIGEON
Definition of PIGEON
noun
One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), derived from Latin pīpiāre (“to chirp”), of imitative origin. Partly displaced native English dove.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PIGEON · 2 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.
PIGEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 73 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PIGEON starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EGINOP - 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 PIGEON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found PIGEON?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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