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SYNTHON
Definition of SYNTHON
noun
In retrosynthetic analysis, a structural unit within a molecule which is related to a possible synthetic operation
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Where it comes from
Fro synthesis + -on.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SYNTHON · 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.
SYNTHON 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 6 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
SYNTHON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read HNNOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found SYNTHON?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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