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LIVERWORT
Definition of LIVERWORT
noun
A type of bryophyte with a leafy stem or leafless thallus characterized by a dominant gametophyte stage and a lack of stomata on the sporophyte stage of the life cycle.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English lyverwort, liverwort, from Old English liferwyrt, equivalent to liver + wort, from the belief that some species looked like livers and were useful for treating the liver medicinally.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,192)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, LIVERWORT · 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.
LIVERWORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LIVERWORT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EILORRTVW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start LIVERW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found LIVERWORT?
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