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ANDANTES
Definition of ANDANTES
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
ANDANTES inherits its ancestry from its root, ANDANTE.
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 (546)
branch · 15.5% 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.
ANDANTES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
ANDANTES starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADENNST - 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 ANDANTES?
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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