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SMATTER
Definition of SMATTER
verb
To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Middle English smateren, smatteren, smater, smatere (“to make dirty, defile; to talk idly, chatter; to speak foolishly”); further etymology uncertain, compare the following: The noun is derived from the verb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SMATTER · 5 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.
SMATTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 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
SMATTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEMRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SMATTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMATTER?
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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