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MALATES
Definition of MALATES
noun
plural of malate
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 53, 12 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALATES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAELMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found MALATES?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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