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ROUNDWORMS
Definition of ROUNDWORMS
noun
plural of roundworm
noun
An invertebrate animal of the phylum Nematoda and other similar phyla. Many species of roundworms are parasites.
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Word DNA
ROUNDWORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, ROUNDWORM.
How it is built
Same root, ROUNDWORM · 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.
ROUNDWORMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ROUNDWORMS starts with R and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DMNOORRSUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and O appear more than once.
Words that start ROUNDW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ROUNDWORMS?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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