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SYNCHRO
Definition of SYNCHRO
noun
Any synchronized event, such as synchronized swimming.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Abbreviation of synchronization or synchronized.
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.
SYNCHRO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNCHRO starts with S and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read CHNORSY - 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 SYNCHR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found SYNCHRO?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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