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CRAFTSMAN
Definition of CRAFTSMAN
noun
One who is highly skilled at one's trade; an artisan or artificer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From craft + -s- + -man.
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.
CRAFTSMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CRAFTSMAN starts with C and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AACFMNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start CRAFTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found CRAFTSMAN?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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