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PILLWORT
Definition of PILLWORT
noun
Any plant of the genus Pilularia of small aquatic ferns. The sporangia are borne in spherical sporocarps ("pills") which form in the axils of leaves.
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Where it comes from
From pill + wort.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PILLWORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 154, 21 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PILLWORT starts with P and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ILLOPRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PILLWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found PILLWORT?
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 154 - and most players walked straight past it.
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