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SNELL
Definition of SNELL
adjective
Quick, smart; sharp, active, brisk or nimble; lively.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English snell (“quick, fast”) from Old English snell, snel (“lively, quick”) from Proto-West Germanic *snell, from Proto-Germanic *snellaz (“active, swift, brisk”). Akin to Dutch snel (“fast, quick”), German Low German snell (“quick”), German schnell (“quick, swift”), Yiddish שנעל (shnel, “quick, swift”), Italian snello (“quick, nimble”), Old French esnel, isnel (“snell”), and Occitan isnel, irnel (“snell”)), Old Norse snjallr (“skilful, excellent”) (whence Danish snild (“clever”)).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNELL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SNELL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELLNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SNELL
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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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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