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SYNCRETISMS
Definition of SYNCRETISMS
noun
plural of syncretism
noun
The reconciliation or fusion of different systems or beliefs (religious, cultural, or otherwise cosmologic or ontologic).
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Word DNA
SYNCRETISMS inherits its ancestry from its root, SYNCRETISM.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SYNCRETISM · 1 relative 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.
SYNCRETISMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNCRETISMS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEIMNRSSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SYNCRET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNCRETISMS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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