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BESMOOTHING
Definition of BESMOOTHING
verb
present participle and gerund of besmooth
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Word DNA
BESMOOTHING inherits its ancestry from its root, BESMOOTH.
How it is built
Same root, BESMOOTH · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BESMOOTHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BESMOOTHING starts with B and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read BEGHIMNOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BESMOOT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BESMOOTHING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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