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MATRILINE
Definition of MATRILINE
noun
A line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are mothers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin mater (“mother”) + linea (“line”). By surface analysis, matri- + line.
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.
MATRILINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 123, 20 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 123, 20 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATRILINE starts with M and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEIILMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start MATRIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATRILINE?
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 123 - and most players walked straight past it.
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