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TUBEWORM
Definition of TUBEWORM
noun
Any of many marine polychaete worms, mostly of the family Serpulidae, which construct permanent calcareous tubes on rocks, ship bottoms etc.
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Where it comes from
From tube + 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.
TUBEWORM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 105, 2 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TUBEWORM starts with T and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read BEMORTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TUBEWO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TUBEWORM?
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 105 - and most players walked straight past it.
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