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SNIDE
Definition of SNIDE
adjective
Disparaging or derisive in an insinuative way.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from a dialectal variant of snithe (“sharp, cutting, cold”). See snithe (adjective). Alternatively, possibly a metathetic corruption of Middle English snythand (“piercing (the heart), cold, biting”, literally and figuratively). More at snithe (verb). Compare typologically cutting, Russian ко́лкий (kólkij) (akin to коло́ть (kolótʹ)).
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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.
SNIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SNIDE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEINS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNIDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found SNIDE?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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