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CANTATA
Definition of CANTATA
noun
A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian cantata. Doublet of chanty.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2%
of traced words share this origin (576)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, CANTATA · 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.
CANTATA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
CANTATA starts with C and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAACNTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start CANTAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found CANTATA?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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