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MATRICES
Definition of MATRICES
noun
plural of matrix
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Word DNA
MATRICES inherits its ancestry from its root, MATRIX.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MATRIX · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MATRICES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 235 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
MATRICES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEIMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MATRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found MATRICES?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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