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BOUTON
Definition of BOUTON
noun
A bud-like swelling, especially one at the end of an axon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French bouton. Doublet of button.
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.
BOUTON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BOUTON starts with B and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BNOOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start BOUTON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BOUTON?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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