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BUTEO
Definition of BUTEO
noun
Any of the broad-winged soaring raptors of the genus Buteo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name Buteo, from Latin būteō.
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.
BUTEO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTEO starts with B and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read BEOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUTEO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found BUTEO?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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