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MALEIC
Definition of MALEIC
adjective
of or relating to maleic acid or its derivatives
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALEIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALEIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEILM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found MALEIC?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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