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MALEDICTORY
Definition of MALEDICTORY
adjective
Of or relating to malediction.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALEDICTORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
MALEDICTORY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACDEILMORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MALEDIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found MALEDICTORY?
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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