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SETA

/ˈsiːtə/4 letters

Definition of SETA

noun

A bristle or hair.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin seta, from saeta. Doublet of soy (“silk”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

SETA in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 108
Its 3 boards, across 108 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
58
First board
106
Latest board
43
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

onion

on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SETA
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SETA starts with S and ends with A. 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

8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SETA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SETAESETALSETACEOUSSETACEOUSLY

Could you have found SETA?

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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.

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