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FLATWORMS
Definition of FLATWORMS
noun
plural of flatworm
noun
Any of very many parasitic or free-living worms, of the phylum Platyhelminthes, having a flattened body with no skeleton or body cavity.
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Word DNA
FLATWORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, FLATWORM.
How it is built
Same root, FLATWORM · 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.
FLATWORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FLATWORMS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFLMORSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FLATWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FLATWORMS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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