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SYNES
Definition of SYNES
Wiktionary has no entry for SYNES itself. This is its base word, SYNE.
adverb
Subsequently; then.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SYNE.
From Middle English syne, syn, sin, a contracted form of sithen (“since”). More at sithen.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,006)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SYNE · 3 relatives 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.
SYNES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 74 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENSSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SYNES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNES?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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