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SNAPBACK

/ˈsnæpˌbæk/8 letters

Definition of SNAPBACK

noun

The reimposition of an earlier and usually higher tariff.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From snap + back.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SNAPBACK in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 109
Its 2 boards, across 109 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
24
First board
105
Latest board
81
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.

Built from these letters

SNAPBACK
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SNAPBACK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AABCKNPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start SNAPBA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SNAPBACKS

Could you have found SNAPBACK?

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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.

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