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SMUTCHIER
Definition of SMUTCHIER
Wiktionary has no entry for SMUTCHIER itself. This is its base word, SMUTCHY.
adjective
Covered in smutches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SMUTCHY.
From smutch + -y.
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.
SMUTCHIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMUTCHIER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEHIMRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SMUTCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found SMUTCHIER?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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