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SMOTHERY
Definition of SMOTHERY
adjective
Tending to smother; smothering; stifling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From smother + -y.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SMOTHERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMOTHERY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHMORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SMOTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found SMOTHERY?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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