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MATRIX
Definition of MATRIX
noun
The cavity or mold in which anything is formed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English matris, matrice, matrix, from Old French matrice (“pregnant animal”), or from Latin mātrīx (“dam, womb”), both ultimately from māter (“mother”). Doublet of mother from Indo-European ancestor. Slang usage coined with the 1999 sci-fi action film The Matrix.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MATRIX · 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.
MATRIX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
MATRIX starts with M and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AIMRTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found MATRIX?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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