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MALABSORPTION
Definition of MALABSORPTION
noun
The state arising from abnormality in digestion or absorption of food nutrients across the gastrointestinal tract.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mal- + absorption.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
MALABSORPTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 116, 13 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 33, 22 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
MALABSORPTION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AABILMNOOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start MALABSORP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found MALABSORPTION?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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