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SMIDGEON
Definition of SMIDGEON
noun
Alternative spelling of smidgen.
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Another sense
SMIDGEON carries a second meaning.
noun
a tiny or scarcely detectable amount
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SMIDGEON · 1 relative 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.
SMIDGEON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMIDGEON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read DEGIMNOS - 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 SMIDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SMIDGEON?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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