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SMITH
Definition of SMITH
noun
A craftsperson who works metal into desired forms using a hammer and other tools, sometimes heating the metal to make it more workable, especially a blacksmith.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English smeth, smith, smiþ, smið, smyth, smythe, smyþ, smyþe, from Old English smiþ, from Proto-West Germanic *smiþ, from Proto-Germanic *smiþaz (“smith”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *smey- (“to smear, spread”). Cognate with Alemannic German Schmid, schméd, schmét, schmìd (“smith”), Bavarian schmidt, schmit, sghmiid (“smith”), Cimbrian smit, smitt (“smith”), Dutch smid (“smith”), German Schmied, Schmidt (“smith”), Low German Smidd, Smitt (“smith”), Luxembourgish Schmadd (“smith”), Mòcheno schmi' (“smith”), Vilamovian śmejt (“blacksmith”), Yiddish שמיד (shmid, “blacksmith, smith”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish smed (“smith”), Elfdalian smið (“smith”), Faroese and Icelandic smiður (“smith”), Gothic *𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (*smiþa, “smith”) (whence 𐌰𐌹𐌶𐌰𐍃𐌼𐌹𐌸𐌰 (aizasmiþa, “coppersmith”)); also Greek σμίλη (smíli, “chisel”).
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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.
SMITH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
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Built from these letters
SMITH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read HIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SMITH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found SMITH?
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