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WATERMELON
Definition of WATERMELON
noun
A plant of the species Citrullus lanatus, bearing a melon-like fruit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Endocentric compound of water + melon. Compare French melon d'eau, German Wassermelone, and Spanish melón de agua. The meanings referring to environmentalists and behind-schedule projects derive from the idea of having a green (eco-friendly, on-schedule) outward appearance while being red (socialist, behind schedule) in a hidden way comparable to that of the fruit.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WATERMELON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
WATERMELON starts with W and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEELMNORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start WATERM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found WATERMELON?
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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