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BLACKSMITH
Definition of BLACKSMITH
noun
A person who forges iron.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From black (color of forged iron) + smith (related to smite).
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.
BLACKSMITH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BLACKSMITH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ABCHIKLMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BLACKS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BLACKSMITH?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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