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MATADORES
Definition of MATADORES
noun
plural of matador
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Word DNA
MATADORES inherits its ancestry from its root, MATADOR.
Line of descent
- Spanish
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (957)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MATADOR · 3 relatives 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.
MATADORES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
MATADORES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MATADO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found MATADORES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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