The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SMITHING
Definition of SMITHING
noun
The work of a smith; the forging of metal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English smethyng; equivalent to smith + -ing.
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.
SMITHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SMITHING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GHIIMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found SMITHING?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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