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SNORE
Definition of SNORE
verb
To breathe during sleep with harsh, snorting noises caused by vibration of the soft palate.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English snoren, fnoren (“to snore loudly; snort”), from Middle English snore, *fnore (“snore; snort”, noun), from Old English fnora (“snort; sneezing”), from Proto-Germanic *fnuzô, from Proto-Indo-European *pnew- (“to breathe; snort; sneeze”). Compare also Proto-West Germanic *snarkōn, Middle Low German snorren (“to drone”), Dutch snorren (“to hum, purr”). The change fn → sn in this word is regular, seen also in sneeze, from Middle English fnesen (see sneeze for more).
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.
SNORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 82, 10 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SNORE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ENORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNORE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SNORE?
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