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BUTTERFAT

/ˈbʌtəfæt/9 letters

Definition of BUTTERFAT

noun

The fatty components of milk and other dairy products.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From butter + fat.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllablescompound

Same root, BUTTERFAT · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

BUTTERFAT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its one board, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
148
First board
11
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.

First ever to find it

firemom

on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

BUTTERFAT
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

BUTTERFAT starts with B and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABEFRTTTU - 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 BUTTERFAT?

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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