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SMORGASBORD
Definition of SMORGASBORD
noun
A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; any buffet with a wide selection of dishes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Swedish smörgåsbord (“buffet with many small dishes; smorgasbord”), from smörgås (“sandwich”) + bord (“table”). Smörgås is from Swedish smör (“butter”) + gås (“goose”), a reference to pieces of butter which float to the surface of milk when churned.
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.
SMORGASBORD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMORGASBORD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ABDGMOORRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, O and R appear more than once.
Words that start SMORGAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMORGASBORD?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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