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METALWORKING
Definition of METALWORKING
noun
The art and craft of shaping metal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From metal + working.
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.
METALWORKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
METALWORKING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AEGIKLMNORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start METALWOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found METALWORKING?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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