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LUNGWORM
Definition of LUNGWORM
noun
Any of the diverse species of nematode worms that are parasitic to mammalian lungs, principally found in the superfamilies Metastrongylidae and Trichostrongyloidea in order Strongylida.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From lung + worm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, LUNGWORM · 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.
LUNGWORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
LUNGWORM starts with L and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GLMNORUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start LUNGWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found LUNGWORM?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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