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IDLE WORMS

Specialty Definition: IDLE WORMS

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Idle Worms It was once supposed that little worms were bred in the fingers of idle servants. To this Shakespeare alludes -
"A round little worm
Pricked from the lazy finger of a maid."
Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet, 1. 4. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: IDLE WORMS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-m-o-r-s-w"

-2 letters: deworms, dowries, meloids, midsole, mildews, milords, misdoer, misdrew, misword, moilers, molders, moldier, remolds, rowdies, smolder, soldier, solider, swirled, weirdos, weldors, wilders, wormils.

-3 letters: dermis, deworm, dimers, dories, dormie, dorsel, dowels, dowers, dowser, drowse, idlers, isomer, lories, lowers, meloid, milder, mildew, milers, milord, misled, models, moiled, moiler, moires, molder, molies, morels, morsel, mowers.

 Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-m-o-r-s-w"
 

+1 letter: demiworlds.

 

+2 letters: middlebrows, mindblowers.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: IDLE WORMS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

49 44 4C 45      57 4F 52 4D 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001001 01000100 01001100 01000101 00100000 01010111 01001111 01010010 01001101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#73 &#68 &#76 &#69 &#32 &#87 &#79 &#82 &#77 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0049 0044 004C 0045      0057 004F 0052 004D 0053

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4338463925749524753

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