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MALEFICE
Definition of MALEFICE
noun
An evil deed; evilness; enchantment or sorcery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin maleficium: compare French maléfice. See malefactor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,118)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
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.
MALEFICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
MALEFICE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MALEFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALEFICE?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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