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SMOOR
Definition of SMOOR
verb
To suffocate, smother, or extinguish
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old English smorian, akin to Dutch and Low German smoren, German schmoren (“to stew”). Compare smother.
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.
SMOOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
SMOOR starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read MOORS - 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 SMOOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found SMOOR?
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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