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BUTTER
Definition of BUTTER
noun
A soft, fatty foodstuff made by churning the cream of milk (generally cow's milk).
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Where it comes from
From Middle English buter, butter, from Old English butere, from Proto-West Germanic *buterā, from Latin būtȳrum, from Ancient Greek βούτῡρον (boútūron, “cow cheese”), compound of βοῦς (boûs, “ox, cow”) and τῡρός (tūrós, “cheese”). Cognate with Dutch boter and German Butter.
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.
BUTTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTTER starts with B and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read BERTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUTTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUTTER?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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