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MEALWORM

/ˈmiːlˌwɜː(ɹ)m/8 letters

Definition of MEALWORM

noun

The larval stage of the mealworm beetle (Tenebrio molitor), a species of darkling beetle.

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Where it comes from

From meal + worm.

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, MEALWORM · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MEALWORM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
167
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

rubytrickster

on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

MEALWORM
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

MEALWORM starts with M and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AELMMORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.

Words that start MEALWO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MEALWORM?

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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.

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