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SNIFT

/snɪft/5 letters

Definition of SNIFT

noun

A moment; a while.

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Where it comes from

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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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.

SNIFT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 101
Its 5 boards, across 101 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
12
First board
101
Latest board
44
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

raw

on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SNIFT
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SNIFT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start SNIFT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SNIFT?

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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.

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