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MALEFACTOR
Definition of MALEFACTOR
noun
A criminal or felon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English malefactour, from Late Latin malefactor, from Latin malefaciō, from male (“evilly”) + factus (“made or done”), past participle of facio (“to make or do”).
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.
MALEFACTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MALEFACTOR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACEFLMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MALEFA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALEFACTOR?
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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