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STATELET
Definition of STATELET
noun
A very small nation-state, or a region that acts like a nation-state
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Where it comes from
From state + -let.
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.
STATELET 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
STATELET starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEELSTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and E appear more than once.
Words that start STATEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STATELET?
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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