What does 🪱 Worm mean?
A pink earthworm wriggling across the screen. Gardeners and anglers use it literally, and it turns up after heavy rain when worms cover the pavement. Readers proudly call themselves bookworms with it, and early risers quote the bird that catches the worm. It also captures squirming with awkwardness, or the silly “worm on a string” memes. Added in 2020, it is much newer than the caterpillar-like 🐛.
🪱 Worm is an emoji from the Animals & Nature category (bugs & insects), added in Emoji 13.0 in 2020. People use it in messages about animal, annelid, earthworm and parasite.
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🪱 Worm on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Worm looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Worm emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🪱 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :worm:.
When was the Worm emoji added?
🪱 Worm was added in Emoji 13.0, released in 2020. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🪱 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Worm. The underlying code (U+1FAB1) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.