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MATRIARCH
Definition of MATRIARCH
noun
A female leader of a family, a tribe or an ethnic or religious group. The dominant female in a family group of elephants. A strong and domineering older woman; a battle axe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Of Latin origin, via or reinforced by Old French matriarche, from Latin māter (“mother”) + -archa, -arches, from Ancient Greek -άρχης (-árkhēs), from ἀρχός (arkhós, “chief”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ- (“to begin, rule, command”). By surface analysis, matri- + -arch.
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.
MATRIARCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 70 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATRIARCH starts with M and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AACHIMRRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and R appear more than once.
Words that start MATRIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATRIARCH?
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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