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SNIPER
Definition of SNIPER
noun
A person using long-range small arms for precise attacks from a concealed position.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From snipe + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SNIPE · 6 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.
SNIPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 40 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SNIPER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EINPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNIPER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SNIPER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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