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LUGWORM
Definition of LUGWORM
noun
Any of several species of large marine annelid worm of the genus Arenicola especially the northern lugworm (Arenicola marina), whose coiled castings can often be seen on beaches at low tide. black lugworm (Arenicola defodiens).
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Where it comes from
From lug (“anything that moves slowly”) + worm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LUGWORM · 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.
LUGWORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 82, 10 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUGWORM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GLMORUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LUGWORM?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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