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SMELTERY
Definition of SMELTERY
noun
A building or place for smelting.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From smelt + -ery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SMELT · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMELTERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SMELTERY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EELMRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start SMELTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SMELTERY?
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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