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WORMHOLE
Definition of WORMHOLE
noun
A hole burrowed by a worm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First use appears c. 1594. From worm + hole. In the scientific sense, introduced by John Archibald Wheeler in 1957.
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.
WORMHOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 98 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
WORMHOLE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EHLMOORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start WORMHO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WORMHOLE?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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