noun | the straight line configuration of 3 celestial bodies (as the sun and earth and moon) in a gravitational system

syz-y-gy (6 letters | 3 syllables)

1656 (European Renaissance) (369 years ago)

Latin | Modern Greek

syzygies

physical phenomenon

(none among common words)

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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)

25 (International English) | 25 (North American English)

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