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WORMLIKE
Definition of WORMLIKE
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a worm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
WORMLIKE carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Similar to a worm.
adjective
Similar to that of a worm
adjective
Having a smoothly curved form when heated.
adjective
totally submissive
Where it comes from
From worm + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, WORM · 10 relatives in the game
WORMLIKE in a sentence
“Crossing Cherry Park yesterday, I encountered a sick dog expelling from its body wormlike creatures—it was particularly offensive, but I found myself drawn to watching the worms move about on the ground after dog and owner left.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WORMLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WORMLIKE starts with W and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIKLMORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of WORMLIKE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found WORMLIKE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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