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BUTCHERIES
Definition of BUTCHERIES
noun
plural of butchery
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Word DNA
BUTCHERIES inherits its ancestry from its root, BUTCHERY.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (842)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, BUTCHERY · 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.
BUTCHERIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTCHERIES starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCEEHIRSTU - 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 54
Could you have found BUTCHERIES?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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