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MALANDERS
Definition of MALANDERS
noun
A crusty rash in the bend of the knee of the foreleg of a horse.
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Where it comes from
French malandres, from Latin malandria (“blisters or pustules on the neck, especially in horses”).
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.
MALANDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALANDERS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADELMNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MALAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALANDERS?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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