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SMELLS
Definition of SMELLS
noun
plural of smell
SMELL
noun
A sensation, pleasant or unpleasant, detected by inhaling air (or, the case of water-breathing animals, water) carrying airborne molecules of a substance.
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Word DNA
SMELLS inherits its ancestry from its root, SMELL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,787)
How it is built
Same root, SMELL · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Irish, Middle Dutch, Middle Low German, Russian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMELLS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMELLS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELLMSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SMELLS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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