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MALIC
Definition of MALIC
adjective
Pertaining to apples.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French malique, from Latin mālum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MALIC · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 106 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACILM - 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.
Words that start MALIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found MALIC?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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