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LINDWORMS
Definition of LINDWORMS
noun
plural of lindworm
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Word DNA
LINDWORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, LINDWORM.
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 (39)
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.
LINDWORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LINDWORMS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DILMNORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found LINDWORMS?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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