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SMEDDUMS
Definition of SMEDDUMS
Wiktionary has no entry for SMEDDUMS itself. This is its base word, SMEDDUM.
noun
Fine powder; flour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SMEDDUM.
From earlier smitham, smytham, from Middle English smedma, from Old English smedma, smeodema, smedema (“fine flour, pollen meal, meal”).
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.
SMEDDUMS 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 31 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
SMEDDUMS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDEMMSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, M and D appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SMEDDUMS?
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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