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MALADY
Definition of MALADY
noun
Any ailment or disease of the body; especially, a lingering or deep-seated disorder.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English maladie, from Old French maladie (“sickness, illness, disease”), from malade (“ill, sick”), from Latin male habitus (“ill-kept, not in good condition”), 1st century AD. See also malice and habit.
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.
MALADY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 141 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
MALADY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AADLMY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found MALADY?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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