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SMOODGE
Definition of SMOODGE
verb
To act in an ingratiating manner; to fawn.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From British dialect. Australian from 1898.
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.
SMOODGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMOODGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEGMOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 SMOODG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMOODGE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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