PSALM

Where it comes from

From Middle English salm or psalme, from Old English psealm, later reinforced from Old French psalme (modern French psaume), both from Latin psalmus, from Ancient Greek ψαλμός (psalmós, “the sound emanating from twitching or twanging perhaps with the hands or fingers, mostly of musical strings”) (from ψάλλω (psállō, “to make a sound by striking, touching, plucking, rubbing, twanging, or vibrating”)), but later in New Testament times the meaning of ψαλμός (psalmós) evolved from its Classical meaning of "a tune played to the harp" to a more general tune that could be played with any instrument; even a song sung with or without musical accompaniment. By the Byzantine Period, it lost all of its instrumental nuances.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

PSALM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.

Built from these letters

PSALM starts with P and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read ALMPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start PSALM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Also seen on Day 12