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CANTATAS
Definition of CANTATAS
noun
plural of cantata
noun
A vocal composition accompanied by instruments and generally containing more than one movement, typical of 17th and 18th century Italian music.
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Word DNA
CANTATAS inherits its ancestry from its root, CANTATA.
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.7%
of traced words share this origin (1,422)
branch · 12.8% 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.
CANTATAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 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
CANTATAS starts with C and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAACNSTT - 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 CANTATAS?
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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