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SNOOP
Definition of SNOOP
verb
To be devious and cunning so as not to be seen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Dutch snoepen (“to pry, eat in secret, sneak”) or maybe Old Norse snópa (“to idle about dismally”), or (“to use a blood found”). Related to Dutch and Low German snappen (“to bite, seize”), Dutch snavel (“beak, bill, pecker, neb”), German Schnabel (“beak, bill, mouth”). More at snap.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNOOP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SNOOP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read NOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNOOP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found SNOOP?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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