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LUGWORMS
Definition of LUGWORMS
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
LUGWORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, LUGWORM.
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.
LUGWORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
LUGWORMS starts with L and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GLMORSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found LUGWORMS?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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