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SMELTS
Definition of SMELTS
noun
plural 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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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMELTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMELTS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ELMSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found SMELTS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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