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SMARAGDE
Definition of SMARAGDE
noun
Alternative form of smaragd.
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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.
SMARAGDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 99, 27 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SMARAGDE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEGMRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SMARAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMARAGDE?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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