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BUTCHERY
Definition of BUTCHERY
noun
The butchering of meat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English bocherie, from Old French. See butcher for more.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (873)
branch · 15.5% 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.
BUTCHERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTCHERY starts with B and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BCEHRTUY - 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.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found BUTCHERY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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