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RINGWORM
Definition of RINGWORM
noun
A contagious fungal infection of the skin, characterized by ring-shaped discolored patches, covered by vesicles or scales.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English ringworm (“ringworm; intestinal worm”), from Old English rengwyrm (“maw-worm, intestinal worm”), equivalent to ring + worm.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
RINGWORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
RINGWORM starts with R and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read GIMNORRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start RINGWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found RINGWORM?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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