The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
MATWEEDS
Definition of MATWEEDS
noun
plural of matweed
noun
Any of several maritime grasses. Nardus stricta (European matgrass) Axonopus fissifolius (common carpetgrass)
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Word DNA
MATWEEDS inherits its ancestry from its root, MATWEED.
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
MATWEEDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MATWEEDS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEMSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found MATWEEDS?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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