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MALLEATE
Definition of MALLEATE
adjective
Possessing or resembling a malleus, or another structure shaped like a hammer.
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Where it comes from
First attested in 1884; from malleus + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MALLEATE · 1 relative 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.
MALLEATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 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 137, 4 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALLEATE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEELLMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, L and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MALLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALLEATE?
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 137 - and most players walked straight past it.
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