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MALEATE
Definition of MALEATE
noun
Any salt or ester of maleic acid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From maleic acid + -ate (“salt or ester”).
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.
MALEATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALEATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEELMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Could you have found MALEATE?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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