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SNUFFING
Definition of SNUFFING
verb
present participle and gerund of snuff
noun
Finely ground or pulverized tobacco (or other plant derivative) intended for use by being sniffed or snorted into the nose.
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Word DNA
SNUFFING inherits its ancestry from its root, SNUFF.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
25th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (105)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SNUFF · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French, Middle Low German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNUFFING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SNUFFING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FFGINNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SNUFFI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SNUFFING?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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