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SMATCHING
Definition of SMATCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of smatch
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Word DNA
SMATCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, SMATCH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,787)
How it is built
Same root, SMATCH · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian.
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.
SMATCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 22, 11 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 22, 11 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMATCHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGHIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 SMATCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 22
Could you have found SMATCHING?
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 22 - and most players walked straight past it.
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