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PACESETTING
Definition of PACESETTING
adjective
Defining a pace
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From pace + setting.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PACESETTING in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 1, 22 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 138 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PACESETTING starts with P and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEEGINPSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start PACESET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 1
Could you have found PACESETTING?
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 1 - and most players walked straight past it.
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