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SMOOTHERS
Definition of SMOOTHERS
noun
plural of smoother
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Word DNA
SMOOTHERS inherits its ancestry from its root, SMOOTH.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,816)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SMOOTH · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMOOTHERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMOOTHERS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EHMOORSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear 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 SMOOTH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMOOTHERS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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