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MATTOCK
Definition of MATTOCK
noun
An agricultural tool whose blades are at right angles to the body, similar to a pickaxe.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English mattok (“mattock, pickaxe”), from Old English mattuc, meottoc, mettoc (“mattock, fork, trident”), from Proto-West Germanic *mattjuk (“mattock, ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *met- (“to cut, reap”). Related to Old High German medela (“plough”), Middle High German metze, metz (“knife”), Latin mateola (“implement for digging in the soil”), Polish motyka (“hoe, mattock”), Russian моты́га (motýga, “hoe, mattock”), Lithuanian matikkas (“mattock”), Sanskrit मत्य (matyà, “harrow, roller, club”). More at mason.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MATTOCK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATTOCK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACKMOTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start MATTOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATTOCK?
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