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SONATA
Definition of SONATA
noun
A musical composition for one or a few instruments, one of which is frequently a piano, in three or four movements that vary in key and tempo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian sonata, from the feminine past participle of sonare (modern suonare), from Latin sonāre (“to make sound”). Doublet of sounded.
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.
SONATA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SONATA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AANOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start SONATA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SONATA?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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