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SETA
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).
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.
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
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Also seen on Day 58
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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