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SETTLEMENT
Definition of SETTLEMENT
noun
The act of settling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From settle + -ment.
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.
SETTLEMENT 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 found by a player on Day 120, 17 September 2026.
Built from these letters
SETTLEMENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEELMNSTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SETTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SETTLEMENT?
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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