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MATRONAL
Definition of MATRONAL
adjective
Of, or pertaining to, a matron.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From matron + -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.
MATRONAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATRONAL starts with M and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALMNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start MATRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATRONAL?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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