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SNAIL
Definition of SNAIL
noun
Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English snayl, snail, from the Old English sneġel, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel, Snâel, Snâl (“snail”), German Schnegel (“slug”). Compare also Old Norse snigill, from Proto-Germanic *snigilaz.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SNAIL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AILNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNAIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found SNAIL?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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