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SNIFFLY

/ˈsnɪfl̩i/7 letters

Definition of SNIFFLY

adjective

Inclined to sniffle.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From sniffle + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective2 syllablescompound

Same root, SNIFF · 13 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SNIFFLY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its 2 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
132
First board
159
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

spoocecowPATRONContributor

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SNIFFLY
7
Letters
1
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SNIFFLY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FFILNSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SNIFFL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SNIFFLY?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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