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CALAMUS
Definition of CALAMUS
noun
Sweet flag (Acorus calamus).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin calamus (“reed, cane”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱélh₂m̥ (“reed, straw”). Doublet of culm, haulm, helm (Etymology 4, stalk), qalam, and shawm.
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.
CALAMUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALAMUS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACLMSU - 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.
Also seen on Day 49
Could you have found CALAMUS?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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