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/smɑɹt/
verbadjectivenoun

To hurt or sting.

NWL Collins ENABLE Wordle answer list

Verb 3 meanings

  1. To hurt or sting.

    “After being hit with a pitch, the batter exclaimed "Ouch, my arm smarts!"”

  2. To cause a smart or sting in.

  3. To feel a pungent pain of mind; to feel sharp pain or grief; to be punished severely; to feel the sting of evil.

Adjective 4 meanings

  1. Exhibiting social ability or cleverness.

  2. Exhibiting intellectual knowledge, such as that found in books.

  3. Equipped with intelligent behaviour (digital/computer technology).

  4. Good-looking; well dressed; fine; fashionable.

    “a smart outfit”

Noun 3 meanings

  1. A sharp, quick, lively pain; a sting.

  2. Mental pain or suffering; grief; affliction.

  3. A fan of professional wrestling who is aware of kayfabe and the scripted nature of the competition.

Definitions: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA) via Kaikki/Wiktextract

Where it comes from

Etymology

From Middle English smerten, from Old English *smeortan (“to smart”), from Proto-West Germanic *smertan, from Proto-Germanic *smertaną (“to hurt, ache”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)merd- (“to bite, sting”). Cognate with Scots smert, Dutch smarten, German schmerzen, Danish smerte, Swedish smärta.

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SMART at a glance

SMART has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (S 1 + M 3 + A 1 + R 1 + T 1) and 8 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,534 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.

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