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SMITHED
Definition of SMITHED
verb
simple past and past participle 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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Word DNA
SMITHED inherits its ancestry from its root, SMITH.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, SMITH · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, Yiddish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SMITHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMITHED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEHIMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SMITHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found SMITHED?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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