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SMUDGING
Definition of SMUDGING
verb
present participle and gerund of smudge
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Word DNA
SMUDGING inherits its ancestry from its root, SMUDGE.
How it is built
Same root, SMUDGE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMUDGING 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 28 days.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SMUDGING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read DGGIMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. G appears more than once.
Words that start SMUDGI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMUDGING?
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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