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MATRICE

/ˈmeɪtɹɪs/7 letters

Definition of MATRICE

noun

Obsolete form of matrix.

MATRIX

noun

The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English matrice, matris, from Old French matrice, from Latin mātrīx; compare French matrice.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

33%

of traced words share this origin (9,478)

Italic

branch · 33% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Every Latin 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.

MATRICE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 142
Its 11 boards, across 142 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
11
Boards found on
62
First board
137
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 137, 4 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.

Built from these letters

MATRICE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

MATRICE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start MATRIC

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found MATRICE?

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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