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SYNCOPATION
Definition of SYNCOPATION
noun
The contraction of a word by means of loss or omission of sounds or syllables in the middle thereof.
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Where it comes from
From syncopate + -ion. The phonological sense was first attested in English in the 1530's, the musical sense in the 1590's.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SYNCOPATE · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYNCOPATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNCOPATION starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACINNOOPSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once.
Words that start SYNCOPA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNCOPATION?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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