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BOOTCUT
Definition of BOOTCUT
adjective
Alternative spelling of boot cut.
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Word DNA
BOOTCUT inherits its ancestry from its root, BOOT.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, BOOT · 16 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English, Old Norse.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOOTCUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 43 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOOTCUT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BCOOTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found BOOTCUT?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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