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SYRINGOMYELIA
Definition of SYRINGOMYELIA
noun
A disorder in which a cyst or cavity forms within the spinal cord, possibly leading to stiffness or paralysis.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From syringo- + -myelia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SYRINGOMYELIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 161, 28 October 2026.
Built from these letters
SYRINGOMYELIA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEGIILMNORSYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. Y and I appear more than once.
Words that start SYRINGOMY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SYRINGOMYELIA?
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 161 - and most players walked straight past it.
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