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MALIGNED
Definition of MALIGNED
adjective
Assailed with contemptuous language
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Word DNA
MALIGNED inherits its ancestry from its root, MALIGN.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MALIGN · 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.
MALIGNED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 163 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MALIGNED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEGILMN - 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 MALIGN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found MALIGNED?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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