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PSALTER
Definition of PSALTER
noun
Synonym of Psalms, particularly when printed as a separate work from the Bible.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English psauter & sauter, from Old French psautier & saltier, from Latin psaltērium (“a kind of lute or zither”), from Ancient Greek ψᾰλτήρῐον (psăltḗrĭon, “harp”). Doublet of psalterion, psalterium, and psaltery.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,617)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PSALTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 119 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
PSALTER starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AELPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start PSALTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found PSALTER?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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