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SYNTHETIC
Definition of SYNTHETIC
adjective
Of, or relating to synthesis.
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Where it comes from
From French synthétique, from Ancient Greek συνθετικός (sunthetikós); Equivalent to synthesis + -ic (suffix formation of -tic).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYNTHETIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SYNTHETIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEHINSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start SYNTHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYNTHETIC?
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