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CALUMET
Definition of CALUMET
noun
A clay tobacco pipe used by Native Americans, especially as a symbol of truce or peace.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a Norman variant of Old French chalumeau (imported to Canada with Norman colonists), from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάλαμος (kálamos).
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.
CALUMET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
CALUMET starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACELMTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found CALUMET?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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