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SNARKY
Definition of SNARKY
adjective
Snide and sarcastic; usually out of irritation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From snark + -y; 1906, as “irritable”, from snark (“to snort”), by onomatopoeia (1866). Compare Low German snarken (“to snore”), North Frisian snarke, Swedish snarka. In the sense “sarcastic” popularized in the late 1990s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SNARK · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNARKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNARKY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AKNRSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found SNARKY?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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