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MALODOR
Definition of MALODOR
noun
An offensive odor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
MALODOR carries 3 further meanings.
noun
A bad odor; a stench. synonym: stench.
noun
An offensive odor; a stench.
noun
a distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant
Where it comes from
From mal- (“bad”) + odor.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, MALODOR · 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.
MALODOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 125 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MALODOR starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADLMOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of MALODOR. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MALODO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found MALODOR?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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