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BUTCH
Definition of BUTCH
adjective
Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Originally, it was probably used as an abbreviation of butcher. Later, in the 1940s, the sense of “masculine lesbian” developed.
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.
BUTCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 90 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTCH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BCHTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUTCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found BUTCH?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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