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MATTER
Definition of MATTER
noun
Material; substance. Anything with mass and volume. Matter made up of normal particles, not antiparticles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English matere, mater, from Anglo-Norman matere, materie, from Old French materie, matiere, from Latin māteria (“wood”), from māter (“mother”), in which case cognate with Old Armenian մայր (mayr, “cedar”) and մայրի (mayri, “forest”). Doublet of Madeira, mata, mater, matrix, and mother. Displaced Middle English andweorc, andwork (“material, matter”), from Old English andweorc (“matter, substance, material”), Old English intinga (“matter, affair, business”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,450)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, MATT · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MATTER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 4 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATTER starts with M and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEMRTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MATTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found MATTER?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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