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POMEGRANATE
Definition of POMEGRANATE
noun
The fruit of the Punica granatum, about the size of an orange with a thick, hard, reddish skin enclosing many seeds, each with an edible pink or red pulp tasting both sweet and tart.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English pome-garnet, pome-garnete, pome garnate, pome granat, pome-granate (“pomegranate fruit; pomegranate tree; pomegranate seeds (?)”) [and other forms], from Anglo-Norman pome gernate, pomme gernette, Middle French pomme granade, pomme granate, pomme grenade, and Old French pome grenade, pome grenate, pomme grenate [and other forms] (modern French grenade), probably from Italian pomogranato, pomo granato (though apparently first attested later), and then either: Displaced earlier Old English æppelcyrnel (literally: apple + kernel), itself a calque of the Latin term. The adjective is derived from the noun.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
7 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, POMEGRANATE · 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.
POMEGRANATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 43, 2 July 2026.
Built from these letters
POMEGRANATE starts with P and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEEGMNOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and A appear more than once.
Also seen on Day 43
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