The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SCHMOOP
Definition of SCHMOOP
noun
Fan fiction, or part of a fan fiction, which is sweetly romantic or cute, usually to a degree considered maudlin.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHMOOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 158, 25 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 158, 25 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SCHMOOP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read CHMOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCHMOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCHMOOP?
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 158 - and most players walked straight past it.
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