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BOUTADE
Definition of BOUTADE
noun
A sudden outbreak or outburst; a caprice, a whim.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French boutade, from bouter (“to thrust”). See butt.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,282)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BOUTADE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BOUTADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 61, 20 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOUTADE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABDEOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BOUTADE?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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