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MATIN
Definition of MATIN
adjective
of or relating to matins
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English matyn, from Latin mātūtīnus (“of the morning”).
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.
MATIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MATIN starts with M and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AIMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MATIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found MATIN?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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