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BUTTERDOCKS
Definition of BUTTERDOCKS
Wiktionary has no entry for BUTTERDOCKS itself. This is its base word, BUTTERDOCK.
noun
butterbur
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for BUTTERDOCK.
From butter + dock.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
BUTTERDOCKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
BUTTERDOCKS starts with B and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BCDEKORSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start BUTTERD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found BUTTERDOCKS?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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