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SONORANT

/səˈnɔːɹ(ə)nt/8 letters

Definition of SONORANT

noun

A speech sound that is produced without turbulent airflow in the vocal tract; the generic term of vowel, approximant, nasal consonant, etc.

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Where it comes from

From sonorous + -ant, 1930s.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound-ant

Same root, SONOROUS · 2 relatives in the game

SONORALSONOROUS

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SONORANT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 164
Its 2 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
132
First board
145
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.

First ever to find it

h0rseman

on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SONORANT
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SONORANT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ANNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and N appear more than once.

Words that start SONORA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SONORALSONORANTS

Could you have found SONORANT?

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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