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MATTRESS
Definition of MATTRESS
noun
A pad on which a person can recline and sleep, usually having an inner section of coiled springs covered with foam or other cushioning material then enclosed with cloth fabric.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English materas, from Old French matras, from Arabic مَطْرَح (maṭraḥ, “place where something is thrown”), from طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw”). Compare divan, from Persian via Turkish (both of Middle Eastern origin, due to the local custom of lying on padding on floor being foreign to Europeans).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (386)
branch · 1.9% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Persian, Turkish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MATTRESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 54 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
MATTRESS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEMRSSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start MATTRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found MATTRESS?
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