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SMITHERY
Definition of SMITHERY
noun
The trade or craft of a smith.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From smith + -ery.
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.
SMITHERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMITHERY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EHIMRSTY - 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 42
Could you have found SMITHERY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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