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SNARE
Definition of SNARE
noun
A trap (especially one made from a loop of wire, string, or leather).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English snare, from Old English sneare (“snare, noose”), from Proto-West Germanic *snarhā, from Proto-Germanic *snarhǭ (“a sling; loop; noose”). Cognate with Old Norse snara. Also related to German Schnur and Dutch snaar, snoer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNARE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNARE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AENRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNARE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SNARE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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