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SYNOPTICS
Definition of SYNOPTICS
Wiktionary has no entry for SYNOPTICS itself. This is its base word, SYNOPTIC.
adjective
Of or relating to a synopsis.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SYNOPTIC.
From New Latin synopticus, from Ancient Greek συνοπτικός (sunoptikós, “seeing the whole together or at a glance”), from σύνοψις (súnopsis, “a general view, synopsis”), from συν- (sun-, “with”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “view”).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,706)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SYNOPTIC · 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.
SYNOPTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNOPTICS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CINOPSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SYNOPT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNOPTICS?
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