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PUMPKIN
Definition of PUMPKIN
noun
A domesticated plant, in species Cucurbita pepo, similar in growth pattern, foliage, flower, and fruit to the squash or melon.
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Where it comes from
Alteration of pompion, pumpion (“pumpkin”) with the diminutive -kin, from Middle French pompon, from Latin pepō (whence English pepo), from Ancient Greek πέπων (pépōn, “large melon”), from πέπων (pépōn, “ripe”), from πέπτω (péptō, “ripen”). The first attestation is from 1647. The alternative theory that it may be from Massachusett pôhpukun (“grows forth round”) is false. The automotive sense is by fancied resemblance.
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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.
PUMPKIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PUMPKIN starts with P and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read IKMNPPU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once.
Words that start PUMPKI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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