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SMARTER
Definition of SMARTER
adjective
comparative form of smart: more smart
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Word DNA
SMARTER inherits its ancestry from its root, SMART.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, SMART · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMARTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 53 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SMARTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEMRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
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 SMARTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMARTER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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