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MALISON
Definition of MALISON
noun
A curse, a malediction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English malisoun, from Old French maleison, from Latin maledictiō, from the past participle stem of maledīcō (“to speak ill of”), from male (“wickedly, badly”) + dīcō (“say, speak”). Doublet of malediction.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALISON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MALISON starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AILMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MALISO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALISON?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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