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SMERKS
Definition of SMERKS
noun
plural of smerk
SMIRK · via smerk
noun
An uneven, often crooked smile that is insolent, self-satisfied, conceited or scornful.
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Word DNA
SMERKS inherits its ancestry from its root, SMIRK.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,911)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SMIRK · 12 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMERKS 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 13 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
SMERKS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKMRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SMERKS?
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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