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SNORT
Definition of SNORT
noun
The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English snorten, from earlier fnorten, from Old English *fnorettan, related to Middle English snoren, fnoren, from Old English fnora. See snore and sneeze for more on the change from fn- to sn-.
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.
SNORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SNORT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read NORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SNORT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found SNORT?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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