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SMEARILY
Definition of SMEARILY
adverb
In a smeary fashion.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From smeary + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMEARILY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 83, 11 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMEARILY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEILMRSY - 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 SMEARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found SMEARILY?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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