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MALEDICENT
Definition of MALEDICENT
adjective
Reproachful in speech.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin maledicent.
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.
MALEDICENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALEDICENT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEILMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MALEDI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALEDICENT?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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