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SMORZANDO
Definition of SMORZANDO
adverb
Fading away.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian smorzando.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (596)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMORZANDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 55, 14 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SMORZANDO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADMNOORSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SMORZA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found SMORZANDO?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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