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SYNDOCHE
Definition of SYNDOCHE
noun
Alternative spelling of synecdoche.
noun
A figure of speech that uses the name of a part of something to represent the whole, or the whole to represent a part, or a specific kind or instance to represent the general category, or the general category to represent a specific kind or instance, or the constituent material to represent the thing made from it.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SYNECDOCHE · 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.
SYNDOCHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 175, 11 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNDOCHE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CDEHNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found SYNDOCHE?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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