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DEWORMING
Definition of DEWORMING
verb
present participle and gerund of deworm
verb
To cause (an animal) to excrete any worms in the digestive tract by the administration of drugs.
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Word DNA
DEWORMING inherits its ancestry from its root, DEWORM.
How it is built
Same root, DEWORM · 2 relatives 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.
DEWORMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
DEWORMING starts with D and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DEGIMNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start DEWORM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found DEWORMING?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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