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MATRYOSHKI
Definition of MATRYOSHKI
noun
plural of matryoshka
noun
One of a set of wooden Russian dolls of different sizes, designed such that each fits inside the next.
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Word DNA
MATRYOSHKI inherits its ancestry from its root, MATRYOSHKA.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MATRYOSHKA · 3 relatives 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.
MATRYOSHKI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATRYOSHKI starts with M and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AHIKMORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found MATRYOSHKI?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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