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SMOKE
Definition of SMOKE
noun
The visible vapor/vapour, gases, and fine particles given off by burning or smoldering material.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English smoke, from Old English smoca (“smoke”), probably a derivative of the verb (see below). Related to Dutch smook (“smoke”), Middle Low German smôk (“smoke”), German Schmauch (“smoke (from a gun barrel)”).
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.
SMOKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SMOKE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EKMOS - 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 SMOKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SMOKE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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