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SMOORED
Definition of SMOORED
verb
simple past and past participle of smoor
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Word DNA
SMOORED inherits its ancestry from its root, SMOOR.
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,908)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SMOOR · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, 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.
SMOORED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 99, 27 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMOORED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEMOORS - 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.
Could you have found SMOORED?
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 99 - and most players walked straight past it.
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