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PIGNUT
Definition of PIGNUT
noun
The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pig + nut.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, PIGNUT · 1 relative 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.
PIGNUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PIGNUT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read GINPTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found PIGNUT?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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