SMITH
What does "SMITH" mean?
A worker who forges and shapes metal, especially iron, by hammering it.
Meanings
- A craftsperson who works metal by hand, especially a blacksmith. The village smith repaired the broken plow.
- A skilled maker or worker in a specified material or craft, often as a suffix. A goldsmith and a wordsmith both shape something fine.
- To make or repair by forging; to craft skillfully. He smithed a new latch for the gate.
Did you know?
- Smith is the most common surname in the United States, England, Australia, and several other English-speaking countries - a fossil of how many villages needed their own metalworker.
Word origin
From Old English 'smiþ', a craftsman or worker in metal or wood, from Proto-Germanic 'smithaz'; the same root gives the common surname Smith.
Remember it
A SMITH hammers metal; the word ends in -ITH like a tool finishing with a ring.
A little poem
The whole town sleeps; the smith alone stays late-
and every gate it owns, he taught to shut.
couplet
Wordplay
- Why is Smith the commonest name? Because in every village, somebody had to forge ahead.
What it teaches
Every craft worth a surname began with someone willing to stand at the fire alone.
Quick facts
What does SMITH mean?
A worker who forges and shapes metal, especially iron, by hammering it.
Is SMITH a valid word?
Yes — SMITH is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is SMITH?
SMITH has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does SMITH come from?
From Old English 'smiþ', a craftsman or worker in metal or wood, from Proto-Germanic 'smithaz'; the same root gives the common surname Smith.
What can SMITH teach us?
Every craft worth a surname began with someone willing to stand at the fire alone.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.