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SMATTERED

9 letters

Definition of SMATTERED

verb

simple past and past participle of smatter

SMATTER

verb

To make (someone or something) dirty; to bespatter, to soil.

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Word DNA

SMATTERED inherits its ancestry from its root, SMATTER.

Line of descent

  1. Middle English
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Middle English

Deepest traced root

4th

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

7.6%

of traced words share this origin (2,231)

Germanic

branch · 22.3% of traced words

How it is built

verb

Same root, SMATTER · 4 relatives in the game

Every Middle English word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SMATTERED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 147
Its 2 boards, across 147 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
90
First board
120
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First ever to find it

linzlandis

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SMATTERED
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SMATTERED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEMRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SMATTE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SMATTERED?

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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