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SCHMEARING
Definition of SCHMEARING
verb
present participle and gerund of schmear
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Word DNA
SCHMEARING inherits its ancestry from its root, SCHMEAR.
Line of descent
- Yiddish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
31st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (186)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SCHMEAR · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHMEARING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 56, 15 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SCHMEARING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHIMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SCHMEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found SCHMEARING?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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