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SMUTCHING
Definition of SMUTCHING
verb
present participle and gerund of smutch
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Word DNA
SMUTCHING inherits its ancestry from its root, SMUTCH.
How it is built
Same root, SMUTCH · 3 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.
SMUTCHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMUTCHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read CGHIMNSTU - 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.
Could you have found SMUTCHING?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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