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SMUTTY
Definition of SMUTTY
adjective
Soiled with smut; blackened, dirty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From smut + -y. Related to German schmutzig (“filthy, dirty, smutty”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SMUT · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMUTTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMUTTY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read MSTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found SMUTTY?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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