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MATRICIDES
Definition of MATRICIDES
noun
plural of matricide
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Another sense
MATRICIDES carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of matricide.
Word DNA
MATRICIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, MATRICIDE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MATRICIDE · 1 relative 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.
MATRICIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 139 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATRICIDES starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEIIMRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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 40
Could you have found MATRICIDES?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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