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BUTLERAGE
Definition of BUTLERAGE
noun
A duty formerly paid to the king's butler on every ton of wine imported into England by foreign merchants.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From butler + -age.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, BUTLERAGE · 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.
BUTLERAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 77, 5 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 77, 5 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTLERAGE starts with B and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEEGLRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start BUTLER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUTLERAGE?
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 77 - and most players walked straight past it.
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