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SNOWBALL
Definition of SNOWBALL
noun
A ball of snow, usually one made in the hand and thrown for amusement in a snowball fight; also a larger ball of snow made by rolling a snowball around in snow that sticks to it and increases its diameter.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English snoweball, snoweballe, snaweballe, snayballe, equivalent to snow + ball. Cognate with Scots snawbaw, German Schneeball, Luxembourgish Schnéiball, Dutch sneeuwbal, Afrikaans sneeubal, Limburgish snieëbal, West Frisian sniebal, Saterland Frisian Sneebaal, Sneebal, Swedish snöboll, Elfdalian sniųoboll, Danish snebold, Norwegian Bokmål snøball, Norwegian Nynorsk snøball and Icelandic snjóbolti.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNOWBALL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNOWBALL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABLLNOSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SNOWBA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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