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SNOOK
Definition of SNOOK
noun
A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes. Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch snoek (“pike, Esox”). Doublet of snoek; perhaps more distantly related to snake.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
16th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (716)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SNOOK · 2 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.
SNOOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNOOK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read KNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNOOK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found SNOOK?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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