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GAPEWORMS
Definition of GAPEWORMS
noun
plural of gapeworm
noun
A parasitic nematode worm (Syngamus trachea), that infects the tracheas of some birds and causes the disease gapes.
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Word DNA
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.
GAPEWORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 36 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
GAPEWORMS starts with G and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEGMOPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found GAPEWORMS?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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