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EARWORMS
Definition of EARWORMS
noun
plural of earworm
noun
A tune that keeps replaying in one's head or that one keeps thinking about, especially if unwanted.
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Word DNA
EARWORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, EARWORM.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,773)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, EARWORM · 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.
EARWORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
EARWORMS starts with E and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEMORRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found EARWORMS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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