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BUTLER
Definition of BUTLER
noun
A manservant having charge of wines and liquors.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English butler, butlere, boteler, botelere, from Old French buttiler, butiller, boteillier (“officer in charge of wine”), from Medieval Latin botellārius, equivalent to bottle + -er. Piecewise doublet of bottler.
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.
BUTLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTLER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BELRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start BUTLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found BUTLER?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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