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SEAT
Definition of SEAT
noun
Something to be sat upon. A place in which to sit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sete, from Old English sǣte, possibly from (or simply cognate with) Old Norse sæti (“seat”), both from Proto-Germanic *sētiją (“seat”), from Proto-Indo-European *sed- (“to sit”); compare Old English set (“seat”). Noun sense 2 (“location or site”) is probably derived from Old English sǣte (“house”), which is related to Old High German sāza (“sedan, seat, domicile”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,575)
How it is built
Same root, SEAT · 4 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SEAT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SEAT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
9 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SEAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SEAT?
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