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SMOOCH
Definition of SMOOCH
noun
A kiss, especially that which is on the cheek.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Perhaps from a dialectal variation of smack. Compare also Low German smok (“a kiss, a smouch/smooch”), Alemannic German Schmutz, Schmützle (“a kiss, a smooch”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SMOOCH · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMOOCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SMOOCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CHMOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SMOOCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SMOOCH?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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