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ATONALISM
Definition of ATONALISM
noun
The school of atonal musical composition
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From atonal + -ism.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ATONALISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 39, 28 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ATONALISM starts with A and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNOST - 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.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found ATONALISM?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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