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MATRICIDAL
Definition of MATRICIDAL
adjective
Relating to matricide, the killing of a mother.
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Other senses
MATRICIDAL carries 2 further meanings.
Of or pertaining to matricide, or a person guilty of matricide.
adjective
Of or pertaining to matricide.
Where it comes from
From matricide + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
MATRICIDAL in a sentence
“What emerges is a picture of London that is like a mix of Peter Ackroyd and Edgar Allan Poe and that involves reported encounters with nocturnal litter-collectors on the underground as well as ghostly waifs and even a teenage, matricidal psychopath.”
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 27 boards so far. 195 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
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.
Also seen on Day 15
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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