Stet
4 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
A proofreading instruction indicating that a marked correction should be ignored and the original text retained.
“The editor scrawled stet in the margin after realising she had crossed out the wrong sentence.”
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The double T pattern is worth noting, as Wordle answers with repeated letters are less common but do appear
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Worth 4 points but uses two T tiles, which can clear a rack of duplicate Ts while staying valid
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