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SNUFFLING
Definition of SNUFFLING
verb
present participle and gerund of snuffle
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Word DNA
SNUFFLING inherits its ancestry from its root, SNUFFLE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (226)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SNUFFLE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SNUFFLING 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 10 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
SNUFFLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FFGILNNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and F appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SNUFFL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SNUFFLING?
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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