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SYNTAGM

/ˈsɪntæm/7 letters

Definition of SYNTAGM

noun

Alternative form of syntagma.

SYNTAGMA

noun

A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.

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Word DNA

SYNTAGM inherits its ancestry from its root, SYNTAGMA.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.2%

of traced words share this origin (9,569)

Hellenic

branch · 12.2% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, SYNTAGMA · 2 relatives 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.

SYNTAGM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 159
Its 18 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
45
First board
157
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

kathryn

on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SYNTAGM
7
Letters
1
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SYNTAGM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AGMNSTY - 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 SYNTAG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SYNTAGMASYNTAGMSSYNTAGMASSYNTAGMICSYNTAGMATASYNTAGMATIC

Could you have found SYNTAGM?

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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.

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