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SMELT
Definition of SMELT
noun
Any small anadromous fish of the family Osmeridae, found in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and in lakes in North America and northern part of Europe.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English smelt, from Old English smelt, from Proto-West Germanic *smelt, from Proto-Germanic *smeltaz.
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.
SMELT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 75 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SMELT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ELMST - 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 SMELT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found SMELT?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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