Today's four solved words are SAVVY, CLASH, IMPACT, and SONATA. These were created by puzzle masters David L. Hoyt and Jeff Knurek. Each word comes from a scrambled set of letters that you unscramble one at a time.

Once you solve all four anagrams, you'll use the circled letters to build the final answer. This bonus puzzle uses all the leftover letters from each word. It's how the cartoon clue connects to the daily word game.

After you unscramble the four main words, certain letters get circled in the answer spaces. You take those circled letters and rearrange them to form the final answer. The cartoon gives you a clue about what that answer should be.

Today you get eight bonus letters total from all four words. These letters, when rearranged properly, create a phrase that completes the chef's statement. It's like a puzzle within the puzzle.

Start by looking for familiar letter patterns in each scrambled word. VSYAV and SHALC are shorter, so tackle those first to build momentum. Look for common pairs like CH, CK, or ST that often appear in English words.

For tougher words like CMPAIT and AATOSN, try writing out different combinations. Say each one aloud to see if it sounds like a real word. Work through the alphabet systematically if random rearranging isn't working fast enough.

SONATA comes from Italian musicians who needed a name for instrumental music pieces. The Italian word sonata means sounded or played. They built it from the Latin root sonare, which means to make sound or to ring.

Musicians adopted this term centuries ago in Italy to describe a specific type of classical composition with multiple movements. Today it's used for piano pieces, violin pieces, and many other instruments. It's a fancy word that shows musical tradition.