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LARVA
Definition of LARVA
noun
An early stage of growth for insects and some amphibians, in which after hatching from their egg, insects are wingless and resemble a caterpillar or grub, and amphibians lack limbs and resemble fish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin larva (“disembodied spirit, ghost, goblin”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LARVA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LARVA starts with L and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AALRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LARVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found LARVA?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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