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SYNTHONS
Definition of SYNTHONS
noun
plural of synthon
noun
In retrosynthetic analysis, a structural unit within a molecule which is related to a possible synthetic operation
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Word DNA
SYNTHONS inherits its ancestry from its root, SYNTHON.
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.
SYNTHONS 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 7 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
SYNTHONS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read HNNOSSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and N appear more than once.
Could you have found SYNTHONS?
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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