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CALM
Definition of CALM
adjective
Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English calm, calme, from Middle French calme, probably from Old Italian calma, of uncertain origin. Calma may derive from Late Latin cauma (“heat of the midday sun”), from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma, “heat, especially of the sun”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”), or possibly from Latin caleō. Compare also Lombardic *chalm, *chalma (“frozenness”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kalmaz (“frozenness, cold”). Displaced native Middle English smilte (“quiet, still, gentle”) from Old English smylte (“quiet, tranquil, calm, serene”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
CALM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
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Built from these letters
CALM starts with C and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ACLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 CALM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found CALM?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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