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SNARF
Definition of SNARF
verb
To eat or consume greedily.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SNARF carries 4 further meanings.
transitive verb
To eat or drink rapidly or eagerly; devour.
“snarfed down some cookies.”
verb
To take something by dubious means, but without the connotations of stealing; to take something without regard to etiquette.
verb
To expel fluid or food through the mouth or nostrils accidentally, usually while attempting to stifle laughter with one's mouth full.
verb
To slurp (computing slang sense); to load in entirety; to copy as a whole.
Where it comes from
Probably of imitative origin. Alternatively, perhaps a blend of snack + scarf or snort + scarf. First attested in 1963.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SNARF · 2 relatives in the game
SNARF in a sentence
“Meg: the "snarf" character you're thinking of is Pinky from Pinky and the Brain/Animaniacs - the lab mice who wanted to take over the world..”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNARF in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 131 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 56, 15 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNARF starts with S and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read AFNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SNARF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found SNARF?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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