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SNOOKED
Definition of SNOOKED
verb
simple past and past participle of snook
noun
A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes. Centropomus undecimalis (common snook).
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Word DNA
SNOOKED inherits its ancestry from its root, SNOOK.
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 (685)
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.
SNOOKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
SNOOKED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEKNOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SNOOKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found SNOOKED?
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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