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MALONIC
Definition of MALONIC
adjective
Of or pertaining to malonic acid or its derivatives
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From malic plus an arbitrary suffix.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MALONIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALONIC starts with M and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACILMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found MALONIC?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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