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SMUTCHY
Definition of SMUTCHY
adjective
Covered in smutches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From smutch + -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.
SMUTCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMUTCHY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CHMSTUY - 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 58
Could you have found SMUTCHY?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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