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SETTLE

/ˈsɛ.təl/6 letters

Definition of SETTLE

verb

To conclude or resolve (something): To determine (something which was exposed to doubt or question); to resolve conclusively; to set or fix (a time, an order of succession, etc).

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From a merger of two verbs: German siedeln (“to settle”) is related to the former of the two verbs, but is not an immediate cognate of either of them.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SETTLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

gigi

on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SETTLE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SETTLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EELSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Words that start SETTLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SETTLEDSETTLERSETTLESSETTLERSSETTLEABLESETTLEMENTSETTLEDNESSSETTLEMENTS

Could you have found SETTLE?

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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.

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