Syzygy (n)
sihz-ih-djee
Astronomy; an alignment of three celestial objects, as the sun, the earth, and either the moon or a planet.
Trivia; this is the only word in the English language with three letter Ys.
Example sentences
“I’ve no idea what it means but Syzygy is an excellent Scrabble move!”
“There was a Venus, Sun, Earth syzygy on August 15th 2015.”
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