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SMOTE
Definition of SMOTE
verb
simple past of smite
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMOTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 84 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMOTE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found SMOTE?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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