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SYNDETIC
Definition of SYNDETIC
adjective
Of or related to syndeton, the use of a conjunction.
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Where it comes from
From Latin syndeticus, from Ancient Greek συνδετικός (sundetikós), from σύνδεσις (súndesis, “binding”) + -κός (-kós, “-ic: forming adjectives”), from συνδεῖν (sundeîn, “to join, to bind”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together”) + δεῖν (deîn, “to bind, to tie”).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYNDETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNDETIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CDEINSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SYNDET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found SYNDETIC?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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