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ATONAL

/eɪˈtoʊnəl/6 letters

Definition of ATONAL

adjective

Lacking a tonal center or key.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From a- + tonal.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ATONAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 112
Its 36 boards, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
36
Boards found on
27
First board
112
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.

Built from these letters

ATONAL
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ATONAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AALNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start ATONAL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

ATONALLYATONALISMATONALISTATONALITYATONALISMSATONALISTSATONALITIES

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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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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