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BUTCHERED
Definition of BUTCHERED
verb
simple past and past participle of butcher
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Word DNA
BUTCHERED inherits its ancestry from its root, BUTCHER.
Line of descent
6 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,625)
How it is built
Same root, BUTCHER · 3 relatives in the game
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.
BUTCHERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTCHERED starts with B and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BCDEEHRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BUTCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found BUTCHERED?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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