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SNAPDRAGON
Definition of SNAPDRAGON
noun
Any plant of the genus Antirrhinum, with showy yellow, white or red flowers.
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Where it comes from
(1570s) From snap + dragon, from a fancied resemblance, especially by playing children that the flower is a dragon that opens its "mouth" when squeezed on the sides. Compare for this sense the etymology of Dutch leeuwenbek (“snapdragon”, literally “lion's mouth”) and German Löwenmaul. An ancient name was Old English hundeshéafod (literally “dog's head”). For the parlour game sense, the 1704 Swift quotation is apparently the earliest appearance in print. Other animal-based names for the flower are common; compare Greek σκυλάκι (skyláki, literally “puppy”) and Finnish leijonankita (literally “lion's mouth”).
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Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, Finnish, German, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNAPDRAGON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNAPDRAGON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AADGNNOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and A appear more than once.
Words that start SNAPDR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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