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MALARIA
Definition of MALARIA
noun
A disease spread by mosquito, in which a protozoan, Plasmodium, multiplies in blood every few days.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian malaria, formed from mal- (“bad”) and aria (“air”). Introduced into English by the Scottish geologist John MacCulloch (1773–1835). Displaced native Old English unlyft (literally “bad air”).
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.
MALARIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
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
MALARIA starts with M and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAAILMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MALARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALARIA?
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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