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CALIPH
Definition of CALIPH
noun
The holder of a monarchical title based on a claim to be a successor of Muhammad.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English calife, caliphe, from Old French caliphe, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “caliph”) and خَلِيف (ḵalīf, “successor”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,061)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CALIPH · 13 relatives 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.
CALIPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CALIPH starts with C and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHILP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start CALIPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found CALIPH?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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