The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MALIK
Definition of MALIK
noun
A tribal chieftain in certain areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan, especially among the Pashtuns.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Ultimately from Arabic, but via Pashto?”)
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.
MALIK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
MALIK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AIKLM - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MALIK?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER