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JACKSMITH
Definition of JACKSMITH
noun
A smith who makes jacks.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From jack + smith.
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.
JACKSMITH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
Built from these letters
JACKSMITH starts with J and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHIJKMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start JACKSM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found JACKSMITH?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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