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SNOWCAP
Definition of SNOWCAP
noun
A layer of snow covering a mountain top.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From snow + cap.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNOWCAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNOWCAP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ACNOPSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SNOWCA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SNOWCAP?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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