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CALMINGS
Definition of CALMINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for CALMINGS itself. This is its base word, CALM.
adjective
Peaceful, quiet, especially free from anger and anxiety.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for CALM.
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.
CALMINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 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 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CALMINGS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGILMNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found CALMINGS?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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