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BUTCHINGS
Definition of BUTCHINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for BUTCHINGS itself. This is its base word, BUTCH.
adjective
Very masculine, with a masculine appearance or attitude.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BUTCH.
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.
BUTCHINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 28, 17 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTCHINGS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCGHINSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found BUTCHINGS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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