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MALACIA
Definition of MALACIA
noun
Abnormal softening of organs or tissues of the human body.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin malacia, from Ancient Greek μαλακία (malakía, “softness, sickness”). By surface analysis, malac- (“soft”) + -ia (“disease”).
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.
MALACIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALACIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAACILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found MALACIA?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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