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SMOOTED
Definition of SMOOTED
Wiktionary has no entry for SMOOTED itself. This is its base word, SMOOT.
noun
A unit of length defined as exactly sixty-seven inches (approximately 1.70 meters).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SMOOT.
Derives from the height of Oliver R. Smoot, who had lain on the Harvard Bridge to measure it as a fraternity prank at MIT.
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.
SMOOTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMOOTED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEMOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SMOOTED?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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