SNORT

Meaning

The sound made by exhaling or inhaling roughly through the nose.

• verbTo make a snort; to exhale roughly through the nose.

SNORT as a word-puzzle answer

SNORT is a 5-letter word with 1 vowel (O) and 4 consonants (S, N, R, T). Every letter is distinct, so it rarely punishes a clean opening guess.

It leans on high-frequency letters (S, N, O, R, T), so a strong vowel-and-common-consonant opener tends to light up quickly. There are no rare letters here, so it is a fair, mid-difficulty answer for the daily Classic puzzle.