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SMARMING
Definition of SMARMING
verb
present participle and gerund of smarm
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Word DNA
SMARMING inherits its ancestry from its root, SMARM.
How it is built
Same root, SMARM · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMARMING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 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
SMARMING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGIMMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start SMARMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMARMING?
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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