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MALMSEY
Definition of MALMSEY
noun
A sweet fortified wine made in Madeira, originally from the malvasia grape.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Via Middle English malmesye from Middle Dutch malemeseye, from Italian via Old French, ultimately from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν- + βάσις). Doublet of malvoisie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,375)
branch · 12.4% 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.
MALMSEY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 161, 28 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALMSEY starts with M and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AELMMSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start MALMSE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALMSEY?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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