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BUTTERCUP
Definition of BUTTERCUP
noun
Any of many herbs, of the genus Ranunculus, having yellow flowers; the crowfoot.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From butter + cup. Both sense 1 and 2 are from the flowers' association with butter, from their yellow colour. Compare butterflower for a similar derivation; outside of English, compare Dutch boterbloem, German Butterblume.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUTTERCUP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTTERCUP starts with B and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read BCEPRTTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUTTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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