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SHMOOSING
Definition of SHMOOSING
verb
present participle and gerund of shmoose
SCHMOOZE · via shmoose
verb
To talk casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.
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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.
SHMOOSING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHMOOSING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIMNOOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
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 SHMOOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHMOOSING?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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