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MALINGERED
Definition of MALINGERED
verb
simple past and past participle of malinger
verb
To feign illness, injury, or incapacitation in order to avoid work, obligation, or perilous risk.
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Another sense
MALINGERED carries a second meaning.
verb
Simple past tense and past participle of malinger.
Word DNA
MALINGERED inherits its ancestry from its root, MALINGER.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,087)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MALINGER · 3 relatives in the game
MALINGERED in a sentence
“E. B. DuBois, who explained it as the inevitable consequence of forced labor: All observers spoke of the fact that the slaves were slow and churlish; that they wasted material and malingered at their work.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALINGERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALINGERED starts with M and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEGILMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start MALING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found MALINGERED?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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