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SONNET
Definition of SONNET
noun
A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French sonnet, from Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet (“a song”), diminutive of son (“song, sound”), from Latin sonus (“sound”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SONNET · 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.
SONNET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SONNET starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ENNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SONNET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SONNET?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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