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SYNCRETIZE
Definition of SYNCRETIZE
verb
To combine different elements, or to unite or reconcile different beliefs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Back-formation from syncretism; compare also synchresis.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SYNCRETIZE · 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.
SYNCRETIZE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 160, 27 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNCRETIZE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEINRSTYZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start SYNCRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNCRETIZE?
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 160 - and most players walked straight past it.
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