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SMALLPOX
Definition of SMALLPOX
noun
An acute, highly infectious often fatal disease caused by Variola virus of the family Poxviridae. It was completely eradicated in the 1970s, but still exists in laboratories. Those who survived were left with pockmarks.
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Where it comes from
From small + pox, in contrast to greatpox (“syphilis”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
SMALLPOX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMALLPOX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ALLMOPSX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SMALLP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMALLPOX?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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