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SCHMO
Definition of SCHMO
noun
A stupid, obnoxious, pathetic, or otherwise contemptible person; a schmuck.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish, alteration of schmuck. Compare also Russian чмо (čmo, “jerk, schmuck”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHMO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCHMO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CHMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SCHMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found SCHMO?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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