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SYMPODIAL
Definition of SYMPODIAL
adjective
Having a specialized lateral growth pattern in which the apical meristem is terminated.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYMPODIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYMPODIAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADILMOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SYMPOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYMPODIAL?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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