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SMATTERS
Definition of SMATTERS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of smatter
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Word DNA
SMATTERS inherits its ancestry from its root, SMATTER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,223)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SMATTER · 4 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.
SMATTERS 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 57 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
SMATTERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEMRSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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 SMATTERS?
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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