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MALAPERT
Definition of MALAPERT
noun
A cheeky, impudent, or saucy person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mal- (“not, badly”) + apert (“open, revealed; direct, straightforward; clever, expert”), or from Middle French malappert, Old French mal apert (“ill-skilled”).
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.
MALAPERT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MALAPERT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAELMPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MALAPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MALAPERT?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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