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SYNCOPAL
Definition of SYNCOPAL
adjective
Of or relating to syncope
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From syncope + -al.
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.
SYNCOPAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 87, 15 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 87, 15 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNCOPAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACLNOPSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SYNCOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNCOPAL?
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 87 - and most players walked straight past it.
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