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CALAMINTS
Definition of CALAMINTS
noun
plural of calamint
noun
Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium.
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Word DNA
CALAMINTS inherits its ancestry from its root, CALAMINT.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Old French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,770)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CALAMINT · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CALAMINTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALAMINTS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACILMNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start CALAMI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CALAMINTS?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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