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