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MALARKY
Definition of MALARKY
noun
Alternative spelling of malarkey.
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Other senses
MALARKY carries 2 further meanings.
noun
Alternative form of malarkey.
noun
empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk
“don't give me any of that jazz”
Word DNA
MALARKY inherits its ancestry from its root, MALARKEY.
Line of descent
- Irish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
23rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (342)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MALARKEY · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALARKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALARKY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAKLMRY - 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 31
Could you have found MALARKY?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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