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MALVERSATION
Definition of MALVERSATION
noun
Corrupt behaviour, illegitimate activity, especially by someone in authority.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French malversation, from malverser, from Latin male versari (“behave badly”). Compare Spanish malversación (“embezzlement”).
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.
MALVERSATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 91, 19 August 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 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALVERSATION starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAEILMNORSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MALVERSA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALVERSATION?
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 91 - and most players walked straight past it.
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