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SYMPLOCE
Definition of SYMPLOCE
noun
The repetition of one word or phrase at the beginning and another word or phrase at the end of successive phrases or clauses.
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Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek συμπλοκή (sumplokḗ, “interweaving”).
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.
SYMPLOCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 92, 20 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 92, 20 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYMPLOCE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CELMOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SYMPLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYMPLOCE?
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 92 - and most players walked straight past it.
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