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ANDANTE
Definition of ANDANTE
noun
A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played in a moderately slow tempo; faster than adagio but slower than moderato.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian andante.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (564)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ANDANTE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ANDANTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
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
ANDANTE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADENNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Words that start ANDANT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ANDANTE?
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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