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SYNOD
Definition of SYNOD
noun
An ecclesiastic council or meeting to consult on church matters.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek σύνοδος (súnodos, “assembly, meeting”) – from σύν (sún, “with”) (English syn-) + ὁδός (hodós, “way, path”). Compare also with the term סַנְהֶדְרִין (“sanhedrin”) common throughout Hebrew Talmudic literature.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,655)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SYNOD · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Hebrew.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYNOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 73 boards so far. 210 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 176, 12 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNOD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DNOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SYNOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found SYNOD?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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