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SYCONIA
Definition of SYCONIA
noun
plural of syconium
noun
A collective fleshy fruit, in which the ovaries are hidden within a hollow receptacle, as in the fig; a hollow ball with a stalk at one end and an opening (ostiole) at the other, with flowers or fruits on the inside
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Word DNA
SYCONIA inherits its ancestry from its root, SYCONIUM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,501)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SYCONIUM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYCONIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYCONIA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ACINOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SYCONIA?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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