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MALARKEY
Definition of MALARKEY
noun
Nonsense; rubbish.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922. Maybe from Irish mallachtóireacht or Greek μαλακίες (malakíes)
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.
MALARKEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MALARKEY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAEKLMRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MALARK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found MALARKEY?
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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