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SYMPODIUM
Definition of SYMPODIUM
noun
A pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching, where the axis or stem is morphologically made up of a series of superposed branches imitating a simple stem.
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Where it comes from
From sym- + -podium.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SYMPODIUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SYMPODIUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read DIMMOPSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. M appears more than once.
Words that start SYMPOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYMPODIUM?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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