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SYNTAGMA
Definition of SYNTAGMA
noun
A constituent segment within a text, such as a word or a phrase that forms a syntactic unit.
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Where it comes from
From Late Latin syntagma, from Ancient Greek σύνταγμα (súntagma, “orderly arrangement”), from συντάσσω (suntássō, “arrange together”, “to order”).
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.
SYNTAGMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 70, 29 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 70, 29 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNTAGMA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAGMNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SYNTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNTAGMA?
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 70 - and most players walked straight past it.
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