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SMEATH
Definition of SMEATH
noun
A bird, the smew.
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Where it comes from
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMEATH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 96, 24 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 96, 24 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SMEATH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AEHMST - 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 SMEATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMEATH?
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 96 - and most players walked straight past it.
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