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SMARTS
Definition of SMARTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of smart
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Word DNA
SMARTS inherits its ancestry from its root, SMART.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.4%
of traced words share this origin (11,166)
How it is built
Same root, SMART · 11 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.
SMARTS 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 65 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMARTS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AMRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SMARTS?
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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