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PIGGIN
Definition of PIGGIN
noun
A small pail, can, or ladle with the handle on the side; a lading-can. In the colonial era, some buckets were made like a small barrel, but with one stave left extra long. This stave would be carved into a handle so the bucket could be used as an oversized scoop for scattering grain, slopping the hogs, etc.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English pygyn, from pig (“container for wine”), possibly so named from being made of pigskin. Compare Scottish Gaelic pigean, diminutive of pigeadh, pige (“an earthen jar, pitcher, or pot”), Irish pigín, Welsh picyn.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,182)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PIGGIN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PIGGIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIGGIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read GGIINP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and G appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PIGGIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PIGGIN?
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