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MATCHAS

7 letters

Definition of MATCHAS

noun

plural of matcha

MATCHA

noun

A type of powdered green tea, traditionally used in Japanese tea ceremonies.

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Word DNA

MATCHAS inherits its ancestry from its root, MATCHA.

Line of descent

  1. Japanese
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Japanese

Deepest traced root

25th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

0.4%

of traced words share this origin (332)

Japonic

branch · 0.4% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound

Same root, MATCHA · 1 relative in the game

Every Japanese word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

MATCHAS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 178
Its 5 boards, across 178 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
144
First board
175
Latest board
17
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.

Built from these letters

MATCHAS
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MATCHAS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACHMST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start MATCHA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MATCHAS?

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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.

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