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CADENZA
Definition of CADENZA
noun
A part of a piece of music, such as a concerto, that is very decorative and is played by a single musician.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian cadenza, from Latin cadentia. Doublet of cadence and chance.
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.
CADENZA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 47 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CADENZA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACDENZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start CADENZ
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 55
Could you have found CADENZA?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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