The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
ANGLETWITCH
Definition of ANGLETWITCH
noun
An angleworm; earthworm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English angletwitche, angletwatche, from Old English angeltwiċċa, angeltweċċa, angeltwæċċa, angeltwiċċe (“fishing worm”), equivalent to angle + twitch.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.3%
of traced words share this origin (1,155)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANGLETWITCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ANGLETWITCH starts with A and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHILNTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found ANGLETWITCH?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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