The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
SUBMATRIX
Definition of SUBMATRIX
noun
A matrix formed by selecting certain rows and columns from a larger matrix.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sub- + matrix.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SUBMATRIX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 85, 13 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 97, 25 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SUBMATRIX starts with S and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ABIMRSTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SUBMAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SUBMATRIX?
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 85 - and most players walked straight past it.
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