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Syzygy
Definition
noun | the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system
Hyphenation
syz-y-gy (6 letters | 3 syllables)
First known use in English
1656 (European Renaissance) (370 years ago)
Word origins
Latin | Modern Greek
Word frequency history
Inflected form
syzygies
Broader terms
physical phenomenon
Anagrams
(none among common words)
Other notable uses
syzygy.net | syzygy.org | syzygy.biz
Crossword puzzle clues
Alignment of the sun, earth and moon, e.g. | Highest-scoring Scrabble word that doesn't use A, E, I, O or U (based on all New York Times crossword puzzles 1994 to 2009)
Scrabble score
25 (International English) | 25 (North American English)
Phone keypad digits
(???) ?79-9949