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SMALT
Definition of SMALT
noun
A deep blue pigment made from powdered glass mixed with cobalt oxide.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
A borrowing from Italian smalto, from Medieval Latin smaltum, from Frankish *smalt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaną (“to melt, smelt”). A doublet of smalto.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,679)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMALT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMALT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ALMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SMALT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found SMALT?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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