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BUTOH
Definition of BUTOH
noun
A form of Japanese contemporary dance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 舞踏 (butō). The trailing “h” is to indicate the pronunciation; compare bokeh.
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.
BUTOH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
BUTOH starts with B and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read BHOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found BUTOH?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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