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SYNONYME

8 letters

Definition of SYNONYME

noun

Archaic form of synonym.

SYNONYM

noun

A term (word or phrase) which is synonymous with others.

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Word DNA

SYNONYME inherits its ancestry from its root, SYNONYM.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.3%

of traced words share this origin (10,575)

Hellenic

branch · 12.3% of traced words

How it is built

nouncompound-onymsyn-

Same root, SYNONYM · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SYNONYME in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
167
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.

Built from these letters

SYNONYME
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SYNONYME starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EMNNOSYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y and N appear more than once.

Words that start SYNONY

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SYNONYMSYNONYMSSYNONYMYSYNONYMESSYNONYMICSYNONYMIESSYNONYMISESYNONYMISTSYNONYMITYSYNONYMIZESYNONYMOUSSYNONYMATIC

Could you have found SYNONYME?

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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.

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