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MATINAL
Definition of MATINAL
adjective
In the morning, relating to the morning.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French matinal, from Old French [Term?].
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.
MATINAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 82, 10 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 91, 19 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATINAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found MATINAL?
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 82 - and most players walked straight past it.
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