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LINDWORM
Definition of LINDWORM
noun
A wingless serpentine dragon having two arms.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Cognate with Old Norse linnormr (“constrictor snake”), Norwegian lindorm (“serpent”), German Lindwurm (“dragon”). Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *linþawurmiz, likely via Old Norse. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
42nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (40)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LINDWORM · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LINDWORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINDWORM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DILMNORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LINDWORM?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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