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BUTCHERLY
Definition of BUTCHERLY
adjective
Like a butcher; characterised by slaughter, savage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From butcher + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUTCHERLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 48 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
BUTCHERLY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCEHLRTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUTCHE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUTCHERLY?
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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