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SNOOZING

8 letters

Definition of SNOOZING

verb

present participle and gerund of snooze

SNOOZE

verb

To sleep, especially briefly; to nap, doze.

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Word DNA

SNOOZING inherits its ancestry from its root, SNOOZE.

How it is built

verb

Same root, SNOOZE · 2 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Dutch, Russian, Swedish.

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SNOOZING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 172
Its one board, across 172 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
27
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.

First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.

Built from these letters

SNOOZING
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SNOOZING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINNOOSZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once, including a double letter. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.

Words that start SNOOZI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SNOOZIERSNOOZIEST

Could you have found SNOOZING?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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