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MALEFICENT
Definition of MALEFICENT
adjective
Harmful or evil in intent or effect.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin *maleficēns, from male (“bad”) + -ficēns, combining form from faciēns, present participle of faciō (“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.
MALEFICENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 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 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MALEFICENT starts with M and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFILMNT - 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.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MALEFICENT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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