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SNOUTER
Definition of SNOUTER
noun
Alternative form of snotter.
noun
A rope going over a yardarm, used to bend a tripping line to, in sending down topgallant and royal yards in vessels of war; also, the short line supporting the heel of the sprit in a small boat.
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Word DNA
SNOUTER inherits its ancestry from its root, SNOUT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,911)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SNOUT · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNOUTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 167, 3 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNOUTER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ENORSTU - 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.
Could you have found SNOUTER?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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