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SYNCRETISM
Definition of SYNCRETISM
noun
The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
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Where it comes from
From Latin syncretismus, from Ancient Greek συγκρητισμός (sunkrētismós, “federation of Cretan cities”), from συγκρητίζω (sunkrētízō, “to unite against a common enemy”), from σύν (sún, “together”) (see English syn-) + Κρῆτες (Krêtes, “Cretans”). By surface analysis, syn- + Crete + -ism (“Crete joining together”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,465)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
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.
SYNCRETISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNCRETISM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNRSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SYNCRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNCRETISM?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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