Snooze
6 lettersverbcommonUpdated June 2026
Definition
To sleep lightly for a brief period, especially outside of normal sleeping hours.
“He liked to snooze on the sofa after Sunday lunch.”
Pronunciation
IPA
/snʉːz/
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Wordle
Double O and ends in Z then E, the -OOZE cluster also appears in BOOZE, OOZE
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Scrabble
The Z (10 pts) makes SNOOZE high-value despite its short length, three vowels help too
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