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MALVOISIE
Definition of MALVOISIE
noun
Synonym of malmsey (“wine”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English malvesye, malvesyn, from Anglo-Norman malvesey, malvoisin and Middle French malvoisie (which the modern form is influenced by), from Italian malvasia, from Ancient Greek Μονεμβασία (Monembasía, “Monemvasia”, a city on the Peloponnese), from μόνος (mónos, “only one”) + ἔμβασις (émbasis, “entering into”, ἐν + βάσις). Doublet of malvasia and Monemvasia. Compare malmsey.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,601)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MALVOISIE · 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.
MALVOISIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MALVOISIE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIILMOSV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MALVOI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MALVOISIE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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