The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SMITHEREEN
Definition of SMITHEREEN
noun
A tiny fragment or splinter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See smithereens.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMITHEREEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMITHEREEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEEHIMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SMITHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMITHEREEN?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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