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KALAM
Definition of KALAM
noun
Speculative theology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Arabic كَلَام (kalām, “literary speech”).
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.
KALAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 86, 14 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
KALAM starts with K and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AAKLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start KALAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found KALAM?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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