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SNEE
Definition of SNEE
noun
A large knife.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare Dutch snee, snede, and German Schneide.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,881)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SNEE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNEE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 161, 28 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 64, 23 July 2026.
Built from these letters
SNEE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNEE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SNEE?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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