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SMATTERER
Definition of SMATTERER
noun
One who smatters; one who dabbles in or experiments with a little bit of everything, especially knowledge.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From smatter + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SMATTERER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
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 10 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
SMATTERER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEEMRRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and R appear 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 SMATTERER?
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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