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SNEAD
Definition of SNEAD
verb
To cut; lop; prune.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Verb from Middle English *sneden, *snæden (found in tosnæden), from Old English snǣdan (“to cut; feed”), from Proto-Germanic *snaidijaną, related to Middle High German sneiten, Icelandic sneiða, English snithe (“to cut”). More at snithe. Noun from Middle English snade, snede, from Old English snǣd (“piece, bit, slice; shaft, handle”), related to Icelandic sneið.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
33rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (55)
branch · 22.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNEAD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADENS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNEAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SNEAD?
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