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SCHMUTTER
Definition of SCHMUTTER
noun
Clothing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Yiddish שמאַטע (shmate, “rag”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SCHMUTTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
Built from these letters
SCHMUTTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHMRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SCHMUT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SCHMUTTER?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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