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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
How it is built
Same root, MALARKY · 1 relative 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 29 boards so far. 97 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
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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