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SMEE
Definition of SMEE
noun
The pintail, wigeon, pochard, or smew.
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Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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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.
SMEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMEE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SMEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found SMEE?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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