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SMILED
Definition of SMILED
verb
simple past and past participle of smile
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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.
SMILED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMILED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SMILED?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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