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HEARTWORMS
Definition of HEARTWORMS
noun
plural of heartworm
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Word DNA
HEARTWORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, HEARTWORM.
How it is built
Same root, HEARTWORM · 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.
HEARTWORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HEARTWORMS starts with H and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEHMORRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start HEARTW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found HEARTWORMS?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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