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LOUSEWORT
Definition of LOUSEWORT
noun
Any of very many semiparasitic flowering plants, of the genus Pedicularis, related to wood betony.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From louse + wort.
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.
LOUSEWORT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LOUSEWORT starts with L and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELOORSTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found LOUSEWORT?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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