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SYNTACTICS
Definition of SYNTACTICS
noun
(Can we clean up this sense?) syntax
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From syntactic; see -ics.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYNTACTICS 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 22 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
SYNTACTICS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACCINSSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, T and C appear more than once.
Words that start SYNTAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNTACTICS?
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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