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MALICING
Definition of MALICING
verb
present participle and gerund of malice
noun
Intention to harm or deprive in an illegal or immoral way. Desire to take pleasure in another's misfortune.
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Word DNA
MALICING inherits its ancestry from its root, MALIC.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
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.
MALICING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALICING starts with M and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACGIILMN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 MALICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found MALICING?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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