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SCHMALTZ
Definition of SCHMALTZ
noun
Rendered chicken or goose fat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Yiddish שמאַלץ (shmalts) or German Schmalz. Doublet of smalt, smalto, and enamel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,743)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCHMALTZ · 8 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.
SCHMALTZ in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SCHMALTZ starts with S and ends with Z. Sorted, its letters read ACHLMSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SCHMAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found SCHMALTZ?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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