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SYNECOLOGIST
Definition of SYNECOLOGIST
noun
Someone who practises or supports synecology.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From synecology + -ist.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
SYNECOLOGIST 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 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SYNECOLOGIST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEGILNOOSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear more than once.
Words that start SYNECOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNECOLOGIST?
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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