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SNIFTER
Definition of SNIFTER
verb
To sniff; also, to snivel or snuffle.
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Other senses
SNIFTER carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A pear-shaped goblet with a narrow top, used especially in serving brandy.
noun
A small portion of liquor.
To sniff; snift.
noun
An audible passing of the breath through the nostrils; a sniff.
Where it comes from
The verb is derived from Middle English snifteren, snifter, snyfter (“to sniffle”), possibly from *snift (possibly derived from an Old Norse word—compare Old Danish snifte and Swedish snyfta (“to sniffle; to sob”); probably ultimately imitative) + -er- (frequentative suffix) + -en (suffix forming the infinitive of verbs). The noun is derived from the verb.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (114)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SNIFT · 3 relatives 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.
SNIFTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 419 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNIFTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SNIFTER. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SNIFTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found SNIFTER?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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