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MATCH
Definition of MATCH
noun
Any contest or trial of strength or skill, or to determine superiority.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English macche, mecche, from Old English mæċċa, ġemæċċa (“companion, mate, wife, one suited to another”), from Proto-West Germanic *makkjō, *gamakkjō (“partner, equal”), from Proto-Germanic *makô, from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, work”). Compare Danish mage (“mate”), Icelandic maki (“spouse”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,281)
How it is built
Same root, MATCH · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Icelandic.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MATCH in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MATCH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read ACHMT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start MATCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATCH?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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