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MATRICIDAL
Definition of MATRICIDAL
adjective
Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From matricide + -al.
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.
MATRICIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATRICIDAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACDIILMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start MATRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATRICIDAL?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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