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MALLEATION
Definition of MALLEATION
noun
The act or process of malleating (beating into a plate, sheet, or leaf, as a metal)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin malleatio. Compare Old French malleation.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,794)
branch · 32.5% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALLEATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 137, 4 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
MALLEATION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEILLMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MALLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALLEATION?
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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