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SHALOM
Definition of SHALOM
interjection
A traditional Jewish greeting or farewell.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālóm, “peace, well-being; Hello, good-bye”). Doublet of salaam, the same word via Arabic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hebrew
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.7%
of traced words share this origin (515)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SHALOM · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Arabic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SHALOM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 103 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SHALOM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AHLMOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SHALOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SHALOM?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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