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MATCHBOOK
Definition of MATCHBOOK
noun
A small assemblage of cut and folded paperboard comprising a folded sheet (the matchcover) and some rows of matches (paperboard strips with the ends dipped to produce the matchheads), generally with a striker on the outside.
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Where it comes from
From match + book, since the 1890s. Paper matches were developed in the 1880s; folded books containing them, and the strike-on-cover concept, were developed in the 1890s; more in Wikipedia at matchbook.
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.
MATCHBOOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATCHBOOK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ABCHKMOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MATCHB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATCHBOOK?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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